occurring at irregular points in time; intermittent
sporadic firing
2.
scattered; isolated
a sporadic disease
Derived forms
sporadically (spoˈradically)
adverb
sporadicalness (spoˈradicalness)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Medieval Latin sporadicus, from Greek sporadikos, from sporas scattered; related to Greek speirein to sow; see spore
Examples of 'sporadical' in a sentence
sporadical
The majority of the fungi presented sporadical frequency and accidental constancy.
Flávia Rodrigues Barbosa, Leonor Costa Maia, Luís Fernando Pascholati Gusmão 2009, 'Fungos conidiais associados ao folhedo de Clusia melchiorii Gleason e C. nemorosaG. Mey. (Clusiaceae) em fragmento de Mata Atlântica, BA, Brasil Conidial fungi associatedto leaf litter of Clusia melchiorii Gleason and C. nemorosa G. Mey (Clusiaceae) ina fragment of Atlantic rainforest, Bahia State, Brazil', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062009000100010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)