appearing or occurring at intervals 间歇的;周期(性)的;时而出现(或发生)的 the periodic visits she made to her father. 她对她父亲的定期探望。
(Chemistry)relating to the periodic table of the elements or the pattern of chemical properties which underlies it (化)元素周期表的;(周期表中)元素化学性能变化周期的 the periodic law. 周期律。
of or relating to a rhetorical period 完整句的。 见 period (义项6)
语源
mid 17th cent.: from French périodique, or via Latin from Greek periodikos 'coming round at intervals', from periodos (see period)