regularity

UK/ˌɹɛɡjuˈlæɹəti/US/ˌɹɛɡjuˈlæɹəti/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #11,886 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: regularities

Regularity is the quality of happening at even intervals. With clockwork regularity, the regularity of the service, a pleasing regularity.

With monotonous regularity is the standard phrase, and it is always a complaint. In medicine the word has a quieter and very common use, since regularity is what doctors ask about concerning the bowels.

Definitions of regularity

1nounregularityThe quality of happening at even intervals.B2+
“The trains arrive with such regularity that you can set your watch by them.”

regularity is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin regularitas comes from regula, a rule or straight edge.

Latin
rēgulāritās
Old French
regularite
Middle French
regularite
English, today
regularity

Borrowed from Middle French regularite, from Old French regularite, from Latin rēgulāritās, from rēgulāris; see regular. by surface analysis, regular + -ity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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regularity in the wild

Hence, in this context the axiom of regularity is equivalent to the sentence that there are no downward infinite membership chains.
Axiom of regularity
Virtually all results in the branches of mathematics based on set theory hold even in the absence of regularity.
Axiom of regularity
Statistical regularity is a notion in statistics and probability theory that random events exhibit regularity when repeated enough times or that enough sufficiently similar random events exhibit regularity.
Statistical regularity
The gambler's fallacy does not apply to statistical regularity because the latter considers the whole rather than individual cases.
Statistical regularity
The cup consists of several regularity rallies, usually located in Europe and ran during one calendar year.
FIA ecoRally Cup

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