noun
regularity
reg-yuh-LAIR-uh-tee/ˌreɡjuˈlærəti/
The quality of following a consistent or expected pattern.
Drops fall from the tap with steady regularity.
Etymology
The idea of being rule-governed extends to events that follow a stable pattern. Regularity names this consistency: occurrences behave as though they follow a rule rather than happening unpredictably.
In context
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More examples
- The pattern’s regularity made the missing tile obvious.
- They met with increasing regularity.
- The study examined regularities in the data.
Forms
regularity · regularities
regular adjective — following a consistent pattern
Similar words
- consistency
- Consistency means remaining alike or dependable; regularity particularly concerns an orderly recurring pattern.
- frequency
- Frequency measures how often something happens; regularity concerns how evenly or predictably it happens.