sporadic
(adjective) recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; “a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sporadic (comparative more sporadic, superlative most sporadic)
(archaic) (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
Rare and scattered in occurrence.
Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.
• caproids, carpoids, picadors
Source: Wiktionary
Spo*rad"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. sporadique. See Spore.]
Definition: Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower. Sporadic disease (Med.), a disease which occurs in single and scattered cases. See the Note under Endemic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
