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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not recurring at regular intervals [syn: aperiodic, nonperiodic] [ant: periodic, periodical]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1879 1. of irregular occurrence ; not periodic <aperiodic floods> 2. not having periodic vibrations ; not oscillatory • aperiodically adverb • aperiodicity noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 not periodic; irregular. 2 Physics (of a potentially oscillating or vibrating system, e.g. an instrument with a pointer) that is adequately damped to prevent oscillation or vibration. 3 (of an oscillation or vibration) without a regular period. Derivatives: aperiodicity n.