regularity
pronunciation
How to pronounce regularity in British English:
UK [ˌregjuˈlærəti]
How to pronounce regularity in American English:
US [ˌrɛɡjəˈlærətɪ]
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- Noun:
- a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles
- the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate
Word Origin
- regularity (n.)
- c. 1600, from Middle French regularite, from Medieval Latin *regularitas, from Latin regularis (see regular (adj.)).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Financial problems had emerged with sickening regularity .
- 2. The upshot : years would proceed with clockwork regularity , with no annual re-jiggering of schedules required .
- 3. There is no weather , and there is regularity .
- 4. Given the regularity with which such shocks occur here , forecasters shouldn 't count on trouble-free farming from june onward .
- 5. But all of these possibilities should have been on the screens of anyone scanning the future , and each type of event occurs with a degree of regularity .