Definitions for sporadic
spəˈræd ɪkspo·radic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sporadicadjective

   recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances

   "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids"

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1. sporadicadjective

   Rare and scattered in occurrence.

2. sporadicadjective

   Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.

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1. sporadic

   In mathematics, a sporadic group is one of the 26 exceptional groups found in the classification of finite simple groups. A simple group is a group G that does not have any normal subgroups except for the trivial group and G itself. The classification theorem states that the list of finite simple groups consists of 18 countably infinite families plus 26 exceptions that do not follow such a systematic pattern. These 26 exceptions are the sporadic groups. They are also known as the sporadic simple groups, or the sporadic finite groups. Because it is not strictly a group of Lie type, the Tits group is sometimes regarded as a sporadic group, in which case there would be 27 sporadic groups. The monster group is the largest of the sporadic groups, and all but six of the other sporadic groups are subquotients of it.

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1. sporadic

   Sporadic is an adjective that describes something that occurs irregularly, infrequently, or unpredictably. It suggests that the occurrences or actions happen randomly or now and then, without following a consistent pattern or schedule.

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1. Sporadicadjective

   occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower

2. Etymology: [Gr. scattered, fr. , , scattered, fr. to sow seed, to scatter like seed: cf. F. sporadique. See Spore.]

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1. Sporadic

   -al, spō-rad′ik, -al, adj. scattered—a term specially applied to any disease usually epidemic or contagious, when it attacks only a few persons in a district and does not spread in its ordinary manner.—adv. Sporad′ically.—n. Sporad′icalness. [Gr. sporadikos—sporas, sporados, scattered—speirein, to sow.]

Anagrams for sporadic »

1. carpoids

2. picadors

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sporadic in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sporadic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sporadic in a Sentence

1. Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab:

   We burned the police station and captured cars. Now, today, there are sporadic exchanges of gunfire between us and the police in the outskirts of the town but we still control the town.

2. Emily Jamea:

   I think there is more benefit to sporadic date overnights than there is more frequent date nights, a lot of my clients complain that they are so tired by the time they finish the date, that they don't have energy left over to make love. Women especially seem to need more time to relax before they can get in the mood for sex.

3. Curtis Strange:

   I did play some good golf after( 1990) but it was sporadic, i had a tough time getting up for practice and for Thursday and Fridays.

4. Jakob Kern:

   This marks a major humanitarian breakthrough in Syria, but we must remember that one-off and sporadic convoys can only provide temporary relief to hungry, desperate people, people need to eat every single day.

5. Sayed Sarwar Hussaini:

   There are sporadic shootings in some areas.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sporadic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sporadic
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporadic
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sporadic
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sporadic