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irregularity - not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals |
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unregularity |
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regularity the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"
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quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
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inhomogeneity the quality of being inhomogeneous
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fitfulness,
jerkiness the quality of being spasmodic and irregular
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intermittence,
intermittency the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
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fluctuation,
wavering the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
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haphazardness,
noise,
randomness,
stochasticity incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
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unevenness,
variability the quality of being unbalanced
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unsteadiness the quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable
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irregularity - an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern |
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asymmetry,
dissymmetry,
imbalance (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
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