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UK
/ɪɹˌɛɡjuːlˈæɹɪti/
]
[ US /ˌɪˌɹɛɡjəˈɫɛɹəti/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˌɹɛɡjəˈɫɛɹəti/ ]
NOUN
- irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
- an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern
- behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
How To Use irregularity In A Sentence
- Palpation of the nasal structures should be done to elicit any crepitus, indentation, or irregularity of the nasal bone.
- This in some degree corresponds with Captain Cook's record of the irregularity of his compass when he passed near this part of the coast, in consequence of which he called the peaked island to the westward of the cape, Magnetical Island: this irregularity, however, was not noticed by me in my observations near the same spot; and the difference observed by him may very probably have been occasioned by the ship's local attraction, which in those days was unknown. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
- Depending on the irregularity of the terrain, the operator can adjust both the ground clearance of the machine and height of each step.
- Perhaps you have observed careless practices or unlabeled containers, or maybe you have questioned an order or a clinical irregularity.
- A structure may be called fractal if it presents the same irregularity at all scales.
- Sabbatarianism, with the Lord's Day Alliance, a Canadian invention, in the van; then the gradual tightening of the laws against sexual irregularity, with the unenforceable New York Adultery Act as a typical product; and lastly, the general ploughing up and emotional discussion of sexual matters, with compulsory instruction in "sex hygiene" as its mildest manifestation and the mediaeval fury of the vice crusade as its worst. A Book of Prefaces
- Amateur boxing's ruling body said the Cuban protest was rejected because there was no evidence of serious irregularity.
- Villagers in Bishopton and the surrounding area started to complain because they were annoyed by the irregularity of the service.
- Irregularity of menstruation and certain other uterine troubles, the peculiar condition called greensickness or chlorosis, and general debility may lead to some skin lesions.
- But as the term taught nothing to him who knew, said nothing to him who did not know, understand, and feel, Chopin afterwards ceased to add this explanation to his music, being persuaded that if one understood it, it was impossible not to divine this rule of irregularity. Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician
