regularity (noun)
21clockwork — noun Date: 1628 1. the inner workings of something 2. the machinery (as springs and a train of gears) that run a clock; also a similar mechanism running a mechanical device (as a toy) 3. the precision, regularity, or …
22grunion — noun Etymology: probably from Spanish gruñón grunter Date: 1917 a silverside (Leuresthes tenuis) of the California coast notable for the regularity with which it comes inshore to spawn at nearly full moon …
23major party — noun Date: 1950 a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government usually with comparative regularity and when defeated to constitute the principal opposition to the party in power …
24method — noun Etymology: Middle English, prescribed treatment, from Latin methodus, from Greek methodos, from meta + hodos way Date: 15th century 1. a procedure or process for attaining an object: as a. (1) a systematic procedure, technique, or mode of… …
25milk run — noun Etymology: from the resemblance in regularity and uneventfulness to the morning delivery of milk Date: 1925 a short, routine, or uneventful flight …
26normalization — noun a) Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality. b) standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or… …
27farce — noun /fɑːs,fɑrs/ a) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm The farce that we saw last night had us laughing and shaking our heads at the same time. b) A …
28cardinal virtues — noun The four virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. But whatever is virtuous arises from some one of those four divisions: for it consists either in sagacity and the perception of truth [prudence]; or in the preservation of… …
29Legoland — noun A place characterised by square edges and extreme regularity. ...three hundred yards back from that, behind a legoland of hotels and apartment blocks …
30discontinuity — noun a) a lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap b) a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change …
