Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: regularity
IPA transcription: [ɹ,ɛɡjəl'ɛɹəti]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: regularity, geometrical_regularity
    Meaning: a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles
  • Synonyms: regularity
    Meaning: the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"
Usage examples
  • As a consequence of this habit of regularity, he never wasted time.
  • Then virtual regularity is translated into actual chaos; order degenerates into disorder.
  • He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
  • He carried food to the top rail of the line fence every day, rain or shine, with the same regularity that he curried and fed Nancy in the barn.
  • Thus, while the screw outside of the hull is applying the force continuously, the steam in the inside is driving the shafting with equal evenness and regularity.
  • The establishment reminded me of that of the renowned Robinson Crusoe; it was kept in neat order, everything being "stowed away" with the regularity of a ship of war; and he informed me that he "scoured the deck every morning and swept it between meals."
  • He observed that society unpardoningly excludes two classes of men,--those who attack it and those who guard it; he had no choice except between these two classes; at the same time, he was conscious of an indescribable foundation of rigidity, regularity, and probity, complicated with an inexpressible hatred for the race of bohemians whence he was sprung.