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If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions on the human mind.
Wilhelm von Humboldt

Meaning of "periodical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERIODICAL

periodical  [ˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERIODICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Periodical can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PERIODICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Periodical literature

Periodical literature is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar examples are the newspaper, often published daily, or weekly; or the magazine, typically published weekly, monthly, or as a quarterly. Other examples are newsletters, literary magazines, academic journals, and yearbooks. These examples are typically published and referenced by volume and issue. "Volume" typically refers to the number of years the publication has been circulated, and "Issue" refers to how many times that periodical has been published during that year. For example, the April 2011 publication of a monthly magazine first published in 2002 would be listed as, "Volume 9, Issue 4." Periodicals can be classified into two types: popular and scholarly. The popular periodicals are magazine and newspapers, like Ebony and Esquire. The scholarly periodicals are found in libraries and databases. Examples are The Journal of Psychology and the Journal of Social Work. Trade/Professional journals are also examples of periodicals. They are written for an audience of professionals in the world.

Definition of periodical in the English dictionary

The first definition of periodical in the dictionary is a publication issued at regular intervals, usually monthly or weekly. Other definition of periodical is of or relating to such publications. Periodical is also published at regular intervals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERIODICAL


aeromedical
ˌɛərəʊˈmɛdɪkəl
biomedical
ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪkəl
cathodical
kæˈθɒdɪkəl
episodical
ˌɛpɪˈsɒdɪkəl
hymnodical
hɪmˈnɒdɪkəl
immethodical
ˌɪmɪˈθɒdɪkəl
medical
ˈmɛdɪkəl
methodical
mɪˈθɒdɪkəl
monodical
mɒˈnɒdɪkəl
nonmedical
nɒnˈmɛdɪkəl
paramedical
ˌpærəˈmɛdɪkəl
parodical
pəˈrɒdɪkəl
prosodical
prəˈsɒdɪkəl
psalmodical
sɑːˈmɒdɪkəl
radical
ˈrædɪkəl
rhapsodical
ræpˈsɒdɪkəl
spasmodical
spæzˈmɒdɪkəl
syndical
ˈsɪndɪkəl
synodical
sɪnˈɒdɪkəl
unmethodical
ˌʌnmɪˈθɒdɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERIODICAL

period piece
periodate
periodic
periodic acid
periodic function
periodic law
periodic sentence
periodic system
periodic table
periodic tenancy
periodical cicada
periodicalist
periodically
periodicity
periodide
periodisation
periodization
periodontal
periodontally
periodontia

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERIODICAL

antiradical
biradical
carboxyl radical
chemical
conoidical
druidical
encyclopedical
falsidical
fatidical
free radical
geomedical
haggadical
monadical
nodical
orthopedical
premedical
pyramidical
sporadical
Talmudical
ultraradical
veridical

Synonyms and antonyms of periodical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERIODICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «periodical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of periodical

Translation of «periodical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERIODICAL

Find out the translation of periodical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of periodical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «periodical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 期刊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

publicación periódica
570 millions of speakers

English

periodical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आवधिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دورية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

периодическое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

periódico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্যাবৃত্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

périodique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkala
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zeitschrift
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

定期刊行物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정기 간행물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Periodik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

định kỳ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காலங்களில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नियतकालिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

periyodik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

periodico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

okresowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

періодичне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

periodică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιοδική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tydskrif
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

periodisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

periodisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of periodical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIODICAL»

The term «periodical» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.027 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIODICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «periodical» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «periodical» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about periodical

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4 QUOTES WITH «PERIODICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word periodical.
1
Helena Blavatsky
The Universe is the periodical manifestation of this unknown Absolute Essence.
2
Francesca Lia Block
I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to a monthly poetry periodical, and as a teenager I was introduced to Denise Levertov, who was an influence.
3
Wilhelm von Humboldt
If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions on the human mind.
4
Chris Ware
Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERIODICAL»

Discover the use of periodical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to periodical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gender and the Victorian Periodical
Examines the role of the Victorian periodical in defining and refining ideas of gender.
Hilary Fraser, Judith Johnston, Stephanie Green, 2003
2
Periodical Literature in Nineteenth-century America
Covering the decades from the 1830s through the end of the century, as well as the eastern, southern, and western regions of the United States, these essays, by a diverse group of scholars, examine a variety of periodicals from the well ...
Kenneth M. Price, Susan Belasco Smith, 1995
3
Science, Time and Space in the Late Nineteenth-century ...
James Mussell engages with nineteenth-century scientific writing and recent theoretical discussion to propose a new methodology that situates the periodical press in space and time.
James Mussell, 2007
4
Elbert Hubbard's the Philistine, a Periodical of Protest ...
Among other writers represented in The Philistine were George Ade, Claude Fayette Bragdon, Rudyard Kipling, Leo Tolstoy, and Eugene R. White.
Bruce A. White, 1989
5
An Index to Periodical Literature on the Apostle Paul
This volume was the first book in the "New Testament Tools and Studies" series published by Brill. As with Metzger's volume, this new work lists periodicals in a wide spectrum of languages, including English and Russian.
Watson E. Mills, 1993
6
Greenbank's Periodical Library: Containing in the Cheapest ...
PREFACE. TO THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. The name of Korncr is dear to every German heart It is associated with deeds of valour and patriotic song. Soldier and poet — young, ardent and devoted to his country, as to the mistress of his ...
‎1833
7
Constructing Girlhood through the Periodical Press, 1850–1915
Focusing on six popular British girls' periodicals, Moruzi explores the debate about the shifting nature of Victorian girlhood between 1851 and 1915.
Dr Kristine Moruzi, 2012
8
The Mask: A Periodical Performance by Edward Gordon Craig
The book has a comprehensive chronology, extensive notes and a bibliography making it an essential text for undergraduates, postgraduates, actors, theatre professionals, designers, directors, researchers and writers in the fields of theatre ...
Olga Taxidou, 1998
9
Periodical Title Abbreviations: By abbreviation
Each updated edition decodes more than 145,000 different abbreviations for periodical titles and selected monographs in all fields.
Leland G. Alkire, Cheryl Westerman-Alkire, 2003
10
Joseph Stalin: An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language ...
This volume also provides a record of scholarly opinion on Stalin and sheds light on the evolution and current state of Stalinology.
David R. Egan, Melinda A. Egan, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERIODICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term periodical is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Many Atoms Are There?
Loring suffered from periodical mental issues due to her torture at the hands of a supervillain and their busy careers pushed Loring to have an ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
2
How Are Comic Books Released?
A comic therefore may be published as a monthly periodical with the label Volume 1 inside the cover, but later be part of a collection labeled ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
3
The Death of Satire
The Onion was founded by students at the University of Wisconsin as a print periodical in 1988, but didn't discover its true destiny until it ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
4
“Stringent norms needed to check 'fake' lawyers”
The State Bar Councils and the BCI have to come up with standard procedures for periodical checks and balances, and not just at the time of ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
5
Forgotten LR spotlights history
Meanwhile, members of the group add historic photos to the site -- this collaboration is more serendipitous than a periodical or museum might ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
6
Govt blames ADCs for water policy delay
... exploitation of ground water resources and it states that there should be a periodical reassessment of the ground water potential on scientific ... «Nagaland Post, Jul 15»
7
Govt Moves To Evacuate Lunatics, Beggars, Others
“The state government's evacuation and rescue team would begin a massive and periodical raiding of beggars and destitute in a matter to curb ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
8
Blue moon coming next week. Is a blue-colored moon real?
Interestingly, the original definition was different than the periodical's interpretation. Sky & Telescope made a correction, but the their simplified, ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
9
'Shouting Fire In A Theater': The Life And Times Of Constitutional …
Two years after Schenck, an article in a legal periodical claimed, “A man has no right to shout 'fire' in a crowded theatre, to use a familiar ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
10
Book review: The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens
There are musings about works that have been sidelined (such as Master Humphrey's Clock, a weekly periodical written by Dickens for a year ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

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