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101intermittent — said of a stream with interrupted flow or discontinuous flow. Opposite of perennial, q.v. Also said of lakes in karstic regions which drain every year …
102intermittent spawning — spawning at intervals; see batch or fractional spawner …
103intermittent current — Elect. a direct current that is interrupted at intervals. * * * …
104intermittent fever — Pathol. 1. a malarial fever in which feverish periods lasting a few hours alternate with periods in which the temperature is normal. 2. any fever characterized by intervals of normal temperature. [1615 25] * * * …
105Intermittent ducting — Прерывистая подача краски качающимся передаточным валиком …
106Intermittent error — Регулярно повторяющаяся ошибка …
107Intermittent exposure — Прерывистое экспонирование …
108intermittent — in rivers, flowing most of the time but seasonally or occasionally ceasing to flow in response to decreased water availability e.g. increased evapotranspiration or bed seepage. Compare with ephemeral …
109intermittent fever — a fever that rises, subsides, then returns again. See malaria. * * * an attack of malaria or other fever characterized by recurring paroxysms of elevated temperature separated by intervals during which the temperature is normal …
110intermittent pneumatic compression — a technique to prevent thrombosis in bedridden patients. It uses an inflatable device that squeezes the calf when it inflates, preventing pools of blood forming behind the valves in the veins, thus mimicking the effects of walking …
