Thesaurus: sporadic
Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower.
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Definitions
- a. Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower.
- adj. recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
- Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower. Sporadic disease (Med.), a disease which occurs in single and scattered cases. See the Note under Endemic, a.
- Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind,or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball;a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower. Sporadicdisease (Med.), a disease which occurs in single and scattered cases.See the Note under Endemic, a.
- j:100 a. recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances