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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intermittent \In`ter*mit"tent\, a. [L. intermittens, -entis, p.
pr of intermittere: cf F. intermittent.]
Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent;
periodic; as an intermittent fever. --Boyle.
{Intermittent fever} (Med.), a disease with fever which
recurs at certain intervals; -- applied particularly to
fever and ague. See {Fever}.
{Intermittent gearing} (Mach.), gearing which receives, or
produces, intermittent motion.
{Intermittent springs}, springs which flow at intervals, not
apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably
owe their intermittent action to their being connected
with natural reservoirs in hills or mountains by passages
having the form of a siphon, the water beginning to flow
when it has accumulated so as to fill the upper part of
the siphon, and ceasing when by running through it it
has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the
siphon in the reservoir.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intermittent \In`ter*mit"tent\, n. (Med.)
An intermittent fever or disease. --Dunglison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
intermittent
adj 1: stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent
rain showers"
2: stopping and starting at regular intervals
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