'Intermittence' definitions:
Definition of 'intermittence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping [syn: intermittence, intermittency]
Definition of 'Intermittence'
From: GCIDE
- Intermittence \In`ter*mit"tence\, n. [Cf. F. intermittence.] Act or state of intermitting; intermission. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intermittence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyance,
- alternation,
- arrhythmia,
- beat,
- break,
- broken thread,
- brokenness,
- caesura,
- capriciousness,
- cease-fire,
- choppiness,
- coffee break,
- cyclicalness,
- day off,
- desultoriness,
- disconnectedness,
- disconnection,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- discontinuity,
- discontinuousness,
- discreteness,
- disjunction,
- downtime,
- drop,
- eccentricity,
- episode,
- erraticness,
- fibrillation,
- fitfulness,
- fits and starts,
- fluctuation,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- hesitation,
- holiday,
- incoherence,
- incompleteness,
- inconstancy,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittency,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- irregularity,
- jerkiness,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- letup,
- lull,
- meter,
- non sequitur,
- noncontinuance,
- nonlinearity,
- nonseriality,
- nonuniformity,
- off-time,
- oscillation,
- parenthesis,
- patchiness,
- pause,
- pendulum motion,
- periodicalness,
- periodicity,
- piston motion,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- pulsation,
- quiet spell,
- reappearance,
- recess,
- recurrence,
- regular wave motion,
- relief,
- remission,
- reoccurrence,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- return,
- rhythm,
- roughness,
- seasonality,
- spasticity,
- sporadicity,
- sporadicness,
- spottiness,
- stagger,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- suspension,
- time off,
- time out,
- truce,
- uncertainty,
- undulation,
- unevenness,
- unmethodicalness,
- unpredictability,
- unsteadiness,
- unsystematicness,
- vacation,
- variability,
- whimsicality,
- wobble