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regularity

noun

  1. abstract concept describing something that appears more than once with a certain space or time between the occurances
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛɡjuˈlæɹəti/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French regularite, from Old French regularite, from Late Latin rēgulāritās, rēgulāritātem, from rēgulāris; see regular. By surface analysis, regular + -ity.

  1. The condition or quality of being regular

    I have been watching that show with regularity.

    For Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, this was his most sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked stunned on the sidelines at the regularity with which Chelsea's defence was exposed.

  2. A particular regular occurrence.
  3. A topic in the study of partial differential equations, regarding the integrability and differentiability of weak solutions.