Meaning of SPORADIC
| Pronunciation: | | spow'radik
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| | Definition: | | [adj] recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fitful, intermittent, irregular, isolated, periodic, scattered, spasmodic, stray, unpredictable |
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| | Antonyms: | | continual | | |
| | See Also: | | discontinuous, infrequent, noncontinuous | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Spo*rad"ic\, a. [Gr. ? scattered, fr. ?, ?, scattered,
fr. ? to sow seed, to scatter like seed: cf. F. sporadique.
See {Spore}.]
Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind,
or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic
fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a
flower.
{Sporadic disease} (Med.), a disease which occurs in single
and scattered cases. See the Note under {Endemic}, a.
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