sporadic

English

Alternative forms

• sporadick

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /spəˈrædɾɪk/, /spɔˈrædɾɪk/, SAMPA: /spO"r{dIk/
• (UK) IPA: /spəˈræd.ɪk/, /ˈspɔː(ɹ).æd.ɪk/, SAMPA: /sp@"r{d.Ik/, /"spO:(r).{d.Ik/

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• Rhymes: -ædɪk

Adjective

sporadic (comparative more sporadic, superlative most sporadic)

1. Rare and scattered in occurrence.
2. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.

Derived terms

• sporadic E layer

Related terms

• sporadical
• sporadically
• sporadicalness

Translations

rare and scattered in occurrence

Catalan: esporàdic (ca) Chinese: wúcháng (trad. 無常, simpl. 无常), sànluàn (trad. 散亂, simpl. 散乱), 偶爾發生的 Danish: sporadisk (da) Dutch: sporadisch (nl) Finnish: harvinainen (fi), satunnainen (fi), sporadinen (fi) French: sporadique (fr)

German: sporadisch (de) Indonesian: sporadis (id) Japanese: 散発的な (sanpatsuteki na) Portuguese: esporádico (pt) Spanish: esporádico (es) Swedish: sporadisk  (sv)

exhibiting random behaviour

Catalan: esporàdic (ca)

Finnish: satunnainen (fi), hajanainen (fi), sporadinen (fi)

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