periodicity

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There seems to be a seven-year periodicity with these fireballs.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

Annual cicadas do not have the periodicity of the magicicada that are emerging soon.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

However, these were systems that -- unlike Wilczek's original idea -- are subjected to a temporal excitation with a specific periodicity, but then react with another period twice as long.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

But human influence is affecting the dynamics of weather systems, the periodicity of the jet stream and the moisture-holding capacity of the atmosphere.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

Perhaps a more frequent application of the thermometer would often exhibit malarial periodicity where it may otherwise remain unsuspected.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various