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sporadic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sporadic \Spo*rad"ic\, a. [Gr. ? scattered, fr ?, ?, scattered, fr ? to sow seed, to scatter like seed: cf F. sporadique See {Spore}.] Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind or in scattered instances; separate; single; as a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower. {Sporadic disease} (Med.), a disease which occurs in single and scattered cases. See the Note under {Endemic}, a. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sporadic adj : recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids" [ant: {continual}]
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