periodical Definition
pe·ri·odi·cal (pir′ē äd′i kəl)
adjective
- periodic
- published at regular intervals, as weekly, monthly, etc.
- of a periodical
noun
a periodical publication
periodical Synonyms
periodical
modif.
periodical Synonyms
periodical Usage Examples
Converse of object
- devote: New serious English art periodicals devoted much space to French art.
- borrow: BORROWING No periodicals bound or unbound may be taken out of the Library at any time.
- publish: Legal Journals Index is an index with brief abstracts to well over 400 periodicals published in England.
- index: For a list of American Studies periodicals indexed on Periodicals Index Online, click here.
- hold: Journals: Periodicals held by the Library are all indexed on the Library catalog.
Adjective modifier
- English-language: Password access British Education Index Bibliographic references to British and selected European English-language periodicals in the field of education and training, from 1975.
- studies-related: For a list of over 300 American Studies-related periodicals indexed on Ingenta, click here.
- genealogical: She is co-author of Your Guide to the Family History Library and an author for genealogical periodicals including Ancestry Magazine.
- scholarly: JSTOR is a full-text electronic archive of core scholarly periodicals.
- literary: With an average of over 24,000 readers per issue, Blithe House Quarterly is the most widely read of LGBT literary periodicals.
- quarterly: The former states This edition is an exact facsimile of certain pages in the quarterly periodical, FORM.
Modifies a noun
- subscription: The largest level of expenditure is on periodical subscriptions.
- payment: The main change proposed would see a shift from a lump sum payment at the outset to periodical payments.
- holding: The periodical holdings of all the sites are listed within the library catalog.
- title: The list is also searchable by single keyword or " string " from the periodical title.
- literature: However, it is possible to search periodical literature by author, keyword, subject, etc using commercial indexes.
- article: Wilson Art Index to periodical articles articles on all aspects of the arts.
Noun used with modifier
- full-text: More full-text periodicals will probably be available online in the future.
- art: New serious English art periodicals devoted much space to French art.
- specialist: You can find them in newspapers, specialist periodicals and books, both fiction and non-fiction.
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