nonperiodic

1. 1.

   not recurring at regular intervals

   Synonymsaperiodic

   Similarnoncyclicnonoscillatory

Questions about nonperiodic

What does nonperiodic mean?

nonperiodic means "not recurring at regular intervals".

How many syllables are in nonperiodic?

nonperiodic has 5 syllables: non-pe-ri-o-dic. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for nonperiodic?

Close synonyms include aperiodic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nonperiodic a common word?

nonperiodic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.