intermittencen.
/ɪntəˈmɪtəns/ 1. The fact of intermitting; discontinuance or cessation for a time.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun]
steadc1000
leathc1175
abiding1340
broklinga1400
pausation1422
pausing1440
interceasingc1450
suspensing?1504
suspending1524
intermission1526
leathing1535
suspensationc1571
intercession1572
suspense1584
abeyance1593
suspension1603
recession1606
interruption1607
recess1620
intercision1625
intercessation1659
intermittency1662
pretermission1677
break1689
cess1703
intermittence1796
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 185 The intermittence of certain fountains..which flow only at particular hours of the day.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. xix. 339 A long intermittance of activity in the principal volcano.
1865 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. (ed. 6) iv. vii. §2 The progress..will take place more rapidly, and with fewer intermittences and aberrations.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. iii. 292 Hyoscyamia renders the movements of the heart regular; daturia often produces intermittence and arrest of action.
2. Alternation, intermittent sequence.
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the world > time > change > alternation > [noun]
interchangingc1374
alternationc1443
alternement1483
interchange1559
intercourse1571
reciprocation1586
circulation1597
counterchange1602
interchangeableness1606
subalternation1616
vicissitude1624
alternity1646
alternacy1650
alternative1732
variegation1781
fluctuation1802
alternance1826
up and down1855
intermittence1860
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. v. 41 A wonderful intermittence of gloom and glare.
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