Meanings
nounintermittence (countable and uncountable, plural intermittences)
plural intermittences
- countableuncountableThe state of being sporadic or intermittent; a lack of flow or fluency.
I remember he wound up with my health, proposed in a speech of small variety and considerable intermittence.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 270
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
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Broader
irregularityunregularity
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