periodic event

1. 1.

   an event that recurs at intervals

   Synonymsrecurrent event

   Broaderhappening

   Narrowermigrationcyclerepeatsunrisesunsetpulsetide

Questions about periodic event

What does periodic event mean?

periodic event means "an event that recurs at intervals".

What is another word for periodic event?

Close synonyms include recurrent event. 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 periodic event a common word?

periodic event 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.