intermittent: Meaning and Definition of
in•ter•mit•tent
Pronunciation: (in"tur-mit'nt), [key]
— 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.
- (of streams, lakes, or springs) recurrent; showing water only part of the time.
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