Dictionary
in•ter•mit•tent
Pronunciation: (in"tur-mit'nt), [key]—
adj.
1. stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again:
an intermittent pain.
2. alternately functioning and not functioning or alternately functioning properly and improperly.
3. (of streams, lakes, or springs) recurrent; showing water only part of the time.
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