intermittentadj.n.

/ɪntəˈmɪtənt/

Etymology: < Latin intermittent-em, present participle of intermittĕre to intermit v.¹; compare French intermittent (1598 in Godefroy Compl.).

A. adj. That intermits or ceases for a time; coming at intervals; operating by fits and starts.

a. spec. in Pathology of the pulse, of a fever, etc. intermittent claudication: see claudication n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > intermittent or irregular

chopping1483

wavering1488

interpolate1547

suspensive1575

off and on1583

remitting1583

intermissive1586

fluttering1590

aguisha1602

intermittent1603

irregular1608

broken1629

intermitting1643

serratile1707

serrine1707

scattering1709

serratic1753

now-and-then1762

remittent1791

fitful1810

non-periodic1836

spasmodic1837

startful1837

interlusory1853

heterochronic1854

heterochronous1854

between-whiles1859

snatchy1861

sporadic1861

spasmodical1864

catchy1869

pauseful1877

aperiodic1879

scratchy1881

nervy1884

spurty1894

off-again on-again1923

on-again off-again1946

on-off1949

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1277 Beating..now and than like intermittent pulses.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxxi. xii. 420 Fits of an intermittent ague.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. iii. 33 How canst thou..tell whether it be an intermittent or continuall feauer?

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France ii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 214 This disorder was not in its nature intermittent.

1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 487 The pulse small, hard and intermittent.

1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 131 Intermittent fever is not contagious.

b. In other technical collocations. intermittent movement (see quot. 1959); intermittent sterilization, a microbiological procedure which accomplishes sterilization without using the high temperatures required to kill spores outright, and which involves alternately maintaining the materials to be sterilized at a temperature high enough to kill vegetative cells and at a much lower temperature during which germination of spores occurs (producing new vegetative cells to be killed during the next high-temperature period).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > [noun] > sterilization

sterilization1874

intermittent sterilization1893

tyndallization1900

1893 tr. W. Migula's Introd. Pract. Bacteriol. ii. 41 The test-tubes containing the blood serum may be now subjected to ‘fractional or intermittent sterilisation’, by exposing them for an hour a day for eight days to a temperature of 58°C.

1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 104/1 Intermittent movement, the term used for the method of film transport in a camera, projector or printer, whereby the film is moved intermittently and only exposed to light when stationary.

1969 S. T. Lyles Biol. Microorganisms v. 130 Intermittent sterilization may be accomplished by boiling or steaming in the autoclave at O pressure.

c. In general use.

ΚΠ

1675 J. Ogilby Britannia 36 A Village with an intermittent Market.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Intermittent Stitch (in Surgery), a kind of Stitch made at certain separate Points in the sowing of transverse or cross Wounds.

1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 374 The new Light is intermittent every half minute.

1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 35 The work of rock-deposition is an intermittent process.

B. n.

Pathology. An intermittent fever. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration

tertian1362

quartana1387

quotidiana1398

ephemera1398

quarterna1568

day-fever1601

nonan1601

quintan1601

septimane1601

sextan1601

semitertian1609

triple quartan1625

diary1640

septan1657

third ague1674

quartanary1684

subintrant1684

intermittent1693

nonary1747

seven day fever1788

octan1799

third-day ague1818

type-fever1819

triple tertian1822

triplicate quartan (ague)1822

tetartophyia1842

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 720 Quotidian, Tertian and Quartan Intermittents.

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 721 That no body dies of an Intermittent but in the Cold Fit.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. xi. 270 Mr. Sporing also, and a sailor..were seized with the deadly intermittents.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 70 The air of marshes is the sole cause of intermittents.

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table iv. 118 Struggling with the chills and heats of his artistic intermittent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	intermittent
释义	intermittentadj.n. /ɪntəˈmɪtənt/ Etymology: < Latin intermittent-em, present participle of intermittĕre to intermit v.¹; compare French intermittent (1598 in Godefroy Compl.). A. adj. That intermits or ceases for a time; coming at intervals; operating by fits and starts. a. spec. in Pathology of the pulse, of a fever, etc. intermittent claudication: see claudication n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > intermittent or irregular chopping1483 wavering1488 interpolate1547 suspensive1575 off and on1583 remitting1583 intermissive1586 fluttering1590 aguisha1602 intermittent1603 irregular1608 broken1629 intermitting1643 serratile1707 serrine1707 scattering1709 serratic1753 now-and-then1762 remittent1791 fitful1810 non-periodic1836 spasmodic1837 startful1837 interlusory1853 heterochronic1854 heterochronous1854 between-whiles1859 snatchy1861 sporadic1861 spasmodical1864 catchy1869 pauseful1877 aperiodic1879 scratchy1881 nervy1884 spurty1894 off-again on-again1923 on-again off-again1946 on-off1949 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1277 Beating..now and than like intermittent pulses. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxxi. xii. 420 Fits of an intermittent ague. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. iii. 33 How canst thou..tell whether it be an intermittent or continuall feauer? 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France ii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 214 This disorder was not in its nature intermittent. 1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 487 The pulse small, hard and intermittent. 1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 131 Intermittent fever is not contagious. b. In other technical collocations. intermittent movement (see quot. 1959); intermittent sterilization, a microbiological procedure which accomplishes sterilization without using the high temperatures required to kill spores outright, and which involves alternately maintaining the materials to be sterilized at a temperature high enough to kill vegetative cells and at a much lower temperature during which germination of spores occurs (producing new vegetative cells to be killed during the next high-temperature period). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > [noun] > sterilization sterilization1874 intermittent sterilization1893 tyndallization1900 1893 tr. W. Migula's Introd. Pract. Bacteriol. ii. 41 The test-tubes containing the blood serum may be now subjected to ‘fractional or intermittent sterilisation’, by exposing them for an hour a day for eight days to a temperature of 58°C. 1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 104/1 Intermittent movement, the term used for the method of film transport in a camera, projector or printer, whereby the film is moved intermittently and only exposed to light when stationary. 1969 S. T. Lyles Biol. Microorganisms v. 130 Intermittent sterilization may be accomplished by boiling or steaming in the autoclave at O pressure. c. In general use. ΚΠ 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia 36 A Village with an intermittent Market. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Intermittent Stitch (in Surgery), a kind of Stitch made at certain separate Points in the sowing of transverse or cross Wounds. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 374 The new Light is intermittent every half minute. 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 35 The work of rock-deposition is an intermittent process. B. n. Pathology. An intermittent fever. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration tertian1362 quartana1387 quotidiana1398 ephemera1398 quarterna1568 day-fever1601 nonan1601 quintan1601 septimane1601 sextan1601 semitertian1609 triple quartan1625 diary1640 septan1657 third ague1674 quartanary1684 subintrant1684 intermittent1693 nonary1747 seven day fever1788 octan1799 third-day ague1818 type-fever1819 triple tertian1822 triplicate quartan (ague)1822 tetartophyia1842 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 720 Quotidian, Tertian and Quartan Intermittents. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 721 That no body dies of an Intermittent but in the Cold Fit. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. xi. 270 Mr. Sporing also, and a sailor..were seized with the deadly intermittents. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 70 The air of marshes is the sole cause of intermittents. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table iv. 118 Struggling with the chills and heats of his artistic intermittent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.n.1603
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