"regularity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɹɛɡjuˈlæɹəti/ Audio: En-us-regularity.ogg [US] Forms: regularities [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French regularite, from Old French regularite, from Late Latin regularitas, regularitatem, from regularis; see regular. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|regularite}} Middle French regularite, {{der|en|fro|regularite}} Old French regularite, {{der|en|LL.|regularitas|regularitas, regularitatem}} Late Latin regularitas, regularitatem, {{m|la|regularis}} regularis, {{m|en|regular}} regular Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} regularity (countable and uncountable, plural regularities)
  1. (uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular Tags: uncountable Translations (condition or quality of being regular): редовност (redovnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), правилност (pravilnost) (Bulgarian), regularitat [feminine] (Catalan), periodicitat [feminine] (Catalan), 正則性 (Chinese Mandarin), 正则性 (zhèngzéxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 規則性 (Chinese Mandarin), 规则性 (guīzéxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), pravidelnost [feminine] (Czech), regelmaat [feminine] (Dutch), regelmatigheid [feminine] (Dutch), régularité [feminine] (French), regularidade [feminine] (Galician), Regelmäßigkeit [feminine] (German), rialtacht [feminine] (Irish), 規則性 (kisokusei) (alt: きそくせい) (Japanese), 正則性 (seisokusei) (alt: せいそくせい) (Japanese), likumība [feminine] (Latvian), likumsakarība [feminine] (Latvian), regularność [feminine] (Polish), prawidłowość [feminine] (Polish), regularidade [feminine] (Portuguese), regularidad [feminine] (Spanish), periodicidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-regularity-en-noun-h6nRTPXG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'condition or quality of being regular': 98 2
  2. (countable) A particular regular occurrence Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-regularity-en-noun-rcJhYT6i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: axiom of regularity Related terms: regular

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French regularite, from Old French regularite, from Late Latin regularitas, regularitatem, from regularis; see regular.",
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        "feminine"
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      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
      "word": "正則性"
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      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
      "word": "正则性"
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      "word": "規則性"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "alt": "きそくせい",
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      "alt": "せいそくせい",
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      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "condition or quality of being regular",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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