Usually means: Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word intermittent:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. intermittent: Merriam-Webster
  2. intermittent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. intermittent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. intermittent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. intermittent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Intermittent, intermittent: Wordnik
  7. intermittent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. intermittent: Wiktionary
  9. intermittent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. intermittent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. intermittent: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. intermittent: Dictionary.com
  13. intermittent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. intermittent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Intermittent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Intermittent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. intermittent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. intermittent: Rhymezone
  19. intermittent, intermittent(e): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. intermittent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. intermittent: FreeDictionary.org
  22. intermittent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. intermittent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. intermittent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. intermittent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. intermittent: Legal dictionary
  3. intermittent: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. intermittent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. intermittent: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  6. intermittent: Medical dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. intermittent: Electronics
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See intermittently as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.
adjective:  (specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
noun:  (medicine, dated) An intermittent fever or disease.

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