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Princeton's WordNet

  1. regularity, geometrical regularitynoun

    a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

  2. regularitynoun

    the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate

    "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"

Wiktionary

  1. regularitynoun

    The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline

    I have been watching that show with regularity.

  2. regularitynoun

    A particular regular occurrence

  3. Etymology: From regularite, from *, from regularis; see regular.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Regularitynoun

    Etymology: regularité, Fr. from regular.

    Regularity is certain, where it is not so apparent, as in all fluids; for regularity is a similitude continued. Nehemiah Grew.

    He was a mighty lover of regularity and order; and managed all his affairs with the utmost exactness. Francis Atterbury.

ChatGPT

  1. regularity

    Regularity is a principle or quality that denotes consistency, predictability, uniformity, or adherence to a pattern or rule. It can refer to the state of being regular, or the condition of having regular occurrences or repetitions. In various fields such as mathematics, physics, linguistics, and social sciences, the term can have more specific meanings.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Regularitynoun

    the condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. rgularit.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of regularity in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of regularity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of regularity in a Sentence

  1. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein:

    These awful incidents continue to occur with unacceptable regularity. In addition, despite public promises to investigate such incidents, we have yet to see progress in any such investigations, we are possibly looking at the commission of international crimes by members of the Coalition.

  2. Austin Kocher:

    It's not as if it's entirely unprecedented, they have had issues in the past, it is unusual at the scale that this is happening and the regularity in which it's happening right now.

  3. Lisa Lindsay:

    If we don’t have active hurricane flooding, even though there are a lot of flood events that occur with regularity, people don’t tend to think about purchasing insurance or doing something to help mitigate the chances of loss.

  4. Edward Hoagland:

    The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying.

  5. Lisa Lindsay:

    What we tend to see is ‘out of sight, out of mind', if we don’t have active hurricane flooding, even though there are a lot of flood events that occur with regularity, people don’t tend to think about purchasing insurance or doing something to help mitigate the chances of loss.

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