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noun
The condition or quality of being regular
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: regularness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A particular regular occurrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A topic in the study of partial differential equations, regarding the integrability and differentiability of weak solutions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: irregularity
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: cyclicity, periodicity, orderliness, methodicalness, uniformity, evenness, invariability, even spacing, steadiness
noun
a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: geometrical regularity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance
History
Borrowed from Middle French regularite, from Old French regularite, from Late Latin rēgulāritās, rēgulāritātem, from rēgulāris; see regular. By surface analysis, regular + -ity.
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
