Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "periodiek" is: herhaal met gereelde tussenposes van tyd; gebeur of verskyn met gereelde tussenposes; gekenmerk deur periodisiteit.
She had been a devoted friend and provided solace from the periodic loneliness of his life.
A periodic crack interrupts the consistency of the smooth expanse.
When I got nervous, I recited the elements of the periodic table in my head.
And my intention has been to recoup as much as I could through periodic requests for large amounts.
She could hear the steady beep of the heart monitor, the periodic crackle of the intercom, and Dylan.
He continued his periodic checks of the pod area, but traveling to the encampment was very difficult and getting more so with each passing day.
A periodic puke would have been more appropriate as far as I was concerned.
I took a deep breath, steadying my nerves as always by mentally reciting the elements of the periodic table.
Often the lines were blurred, but there were periodic flare-ups in the conflict, which usually resulted in thousands of refugees fleeing across the border into Uganda.
The sole entry on the periodic table that stuck with me.
