periodic

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1. periodic - Adjective

2. periodic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine.

Alt. of Periodical

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If, for example, a conspiratorially minded elite is so powerful, has at its fingertips such multiple and delicate instruments with which to fine-tune accumulation, then how can the periodic headlong slides into crisis be explained? David Harvey

This breakdown in the bicameral mind in what is called the Intermediate Period is reminiscent at least of those periodic breakdowns of Mayan civilizations when all authority suddenly collapsed, and the population melted back into tribal living in the jungles. Julian Jaynes

A society's competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity. Albert Einstein

The problem with managing either a business or a prison by periodic rather than continuous inspection is that the "variables" are likely to be seriously out of control before the discrepancy is noted. Anthony Stafford Beer

And so it is that we come to the end of our journey through the periodic table not with a bang, but with a committee. Theodore Gray

I will love you no matter how many mistakes I make when trying to reduce fractions, and no matter how difficult it is to memorize the periodic table. Daniel Handler

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