irregularity

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: irregularity

1	n	not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
2	n	behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: irregularity

Antonyms:: regularity
the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate

Types:: show 16 types...; hide 16 types...; inhomogeneity
the quality of being inhomogeneous; fitfulness, jerkiness
the quality of being spasmodic and irregular; intermittence, intermittency
the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping; fluctuation, wavering
the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; haphazardness, noise, randomness, stochasticity
the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan; unevenness, variability
the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity; unsteadiness
the quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable; scintillation
the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight; ergodicity
an attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions; spasticity
the quality of moving or acting in spasms; rockiness
the quality of abounding in rocks and stones; ruggedness
the quality of being topologically uneven; jaggedness
something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface; patchiness
unevenness in quality or performance; waviness
unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles; instability, unstableness
the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute

Type of:: quality
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

Types:: dyschezia
difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate); fecal impaction
accumulation of hardened feces in the rectum or lower colon which the person cannot move; obstipation
severe constipation resulting from an obstruction in the intestines

Type of:: symptom
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

Type of:: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance
(mathematics) a lack of symmetry

Type of:: misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
improper or wicked or immoral behavior

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