periodical
pronunciation
How to pronounce periodical in British English:
UK [ˌpɪəriˈɒdɪkl]
How to pronounce periodical in American English:
US [ˌpɪriˈɑːdɪkl]
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- Noun:
- a publication that appears at fixed intervals
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- Adjective:
- happening or recurring at regular intervals
Word Origin
- periodical (adj.)
- c. 1600, from periodic + -al (1). As a noun meaning "magazine published at regular intervals," attested from 1798. Related: Periodically.
Example
- 1. This periodical carries a biased report on china .
- 2. 1868 Elizabeth cady stanton and susan anthony begin publishing the revolution , an important women 's movement periodical .
- 3. The only exceptions are to be the people 's daily ( the party 's mouthpiece ) and the magazine seeking truth ( its top periodical ) .
- 4. Genetics is a periodical record of investigations bearing on heredity and variation .
- 5. Han reportedly made almost a dozen approaches before finding a business partner , switched the magazine 's name several times and had to change the classification of the periodical because it was deemed as operating in a grey zone .