INTERMITTENT


Meaning of INTERMITTENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈmi-t ə nt ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin intermittent-, intermittens, present participle of intermittere

Date: 1601

: coming and going at intervals : not continuous

intermittent rain

also : occasional

intermittent trips abroad

• in·ter·mit·tent·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.