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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•mit•tent /ˌɪntɚˈmɪtənt/USA pronunciation adj. - stopping for a time, then starting again:intermittent pain.
in•ter•mit•tent•ly, adv. : During the earthquake the lights flickered intermittently.See -mit-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•mit•tent (in′tər mit′nt),USA pronunciation adj. - stopping or ceasing for a time;
alternately ceasing and beginning again:an intermittent pain. - alternately functioning and not functioning or alternately functioning properly and improperly.
- Geography(of streams, lakes, or springs) recurrent;
showing water only part of the time.
- Latin intermittent- (stem of intermittēns) present participle of intermittere to intermit; see -ent
- 1595–1605
in′ter•mit′tence, in′ter•mit′ten•cy, n. in′ter•mit′tent•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged interrupted, sporadic.
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