intermittent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 French 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin intermittens (“‘sending between’”), from prefix inter- (“‘among, between’”), plus present participle mittens (“‘sending’”), from mittere (“‘to send’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌɪntɜː(ɹ)ˈmɪtn̩t/, SAMPA: /%Int3:(r)"mItn=t/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɪntɚˈmɪtn̩t/, SAMPA: /%Int@`"mItn=t/

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[edit] Adjective

intermittent (comparative more intermittent, superlative most intermittent)

1. Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant

   The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.

   Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.

[edit] Derived terms

• intermittently

[edit] Related terms

• inter
• inter-
• intermittence
• intermittency

[edit] Translations

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[edit] French

[edit] Adjective

intermittent m. (f. intermittente, m. plural intermittents, f. plural intermittentes)

1. Intermittent.