Meanings
plural regularities
- uncountableThe condition or quality of being regular
I have been watching that show with regularity.
1 more example
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.
2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC SportSynonyms: regularness
- countableA particular regular occurrence.
- countableuncountablemathematicsA topic in the study of partial differential equations, regarding the integrability and differentiability of weak solutions.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition or quality of being regular
More synonyms by meaning
nouna property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles
nounthe quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinrēgulāritās, rēgulāritātem
- Old Frenchregularite
- Middle Frenchregularite
- Englishregularity
Borrowed from Middle French regularite, from Old French regularite, from Late Latin rēgulāritās, rēgulāritātem, from rēgulāris; see regular. By surface analysis, regular + -ity.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian редовност, правилност
- редовност (redovnost)condition or quality of being regular
- правилност (pravilnost)condition or quality of being regular
Catalan regularitat, periodicitat
- regularitatcondition or quality of being regular
- periodicitatcondition or quality of being regular
Chinese Mandarin 正則性 /正则性, 規則性 /规则性
- 正則性 /正则性 (zhèngzéxìng)condition or quality of being regular
- 規則性 /规则性 (guīzéxìng)condition or quality of being regular
Czech pravidelnost
- pravidelnostcondition or quality of being regular
Dutch regelmaat, regelmatigheid
- regelmaatcondition or quality of being regular
- regelmatigheidcondition or quality of being regular
French régularité
- régularitécondition or quality of being regular
German Regelmäßigkeit
- Regelmäßigkeitcondition or quality of being regular
Greek κανονικότητα
- κανονικότητα (kanonikótita)condition or quality of being regular
Hindi नियमितता
- नियमितता (niyamittā)condition or quality of being regular
Irish rialtacht
- rialtachtcondition or quality of being regular
Japanese 規則性, 正則性
- 規則性 (kisokusei)condition or quality of being regular
- 正則性 (seisokusei)condition or quality of being regular
Latvian likumība, likumsakarība
- likumībacondition or quality of being regular
- likumsakarībacondition or quality of being regular
Polish regularność, prawidłowość
- regularnośćcondition or quality of being regular
- prawidłowośćcondition or quality of being regular
Portuguese regularidade
- regularidadecondition or quality of being regular
Spanish regularidad, periodicidad
- regularidadcondition or quality of being regular
- periodicidadcondition or quality of being regular
Cite this entry
regularity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regularity
“regularity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regularity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regularity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regularity.
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