periodic event
1periodic event — noun an event that recurs at intervals • Syn: ↑recurrent event • Hypernyms: ↑happening, ↑occurrence, ↑occurrent, ↑natural event • Hyponyms: ↑migratio …
2natural event — noun an event that happens • Syn: ↑happening, ↑occurrence, ↑occurrent • Derivationally related forms: ↑occurrent (for: ↑occurrence), ↑happen ( …
3recurrent event — noun an event that recurs at intervals • Syn: ↑periodic event • Hypernyms: ↑happening, ↑occurrence, ↑occurrent, ↑natural event • Hyponyms: ↑migration …
4Extinction event — …
5High Precision Event Timer — The High Precision Event Timer (HPET, formerly known as Multimedia Timer) is a hardware timer used in computers. It was developed jointly by Intel and Microsoft.Older operating systems cannot use HPET and run only on hardware that has the older… …
6Heinrich event — Heinrich events, first described by marine geologist Hartmut Heinrich, occurred during the last glacial period, or ice age . During such events, armadas of icebergs broke off from glaciers and traversed the North Atlantic. The icebergs contained… …
7Cleaning event — Circular projection showing MER A Spirit s solar panels covered in dust in October 2007 on Mars. Cleaning events have periodically increased power from the solar arrays …
8Quasi-periodic oscillations — In high energy (X ray) astronomy, quasi periodic oscillations (QPOs) refer to the way the X ray light from an astronomical object flickers about certain frequencies. In these situations, the X rays are emitted near the inner edge of an accretion… …
9Dansgaard–Oeschger event — Temperature proxy from four ice cores for the last 140,000 years, clearly indicating the greater magnitude of the D O effect in the northern hemisphere Dansgaard–Oeschger events (often abbreviated D–O events) are rapid climate fluctuations… …
10migration — noun 1. the movement of persons from one country or locality to another (Freq. 2) • Derivationally related forms: ↑migrational, ↑migrate • Hypernyms: ↑motion, ↑movement, ↑move • …
