English-German translations for intermittent

• aussetzend
• intermittierend
• zeitweise
  Er ist sehr ausgewogen und enthält praktikable Vorschläge, wie die zeitweise prekäre Versorgungslage mit Erdöl verbessert werden könnte. It is a balanced report with workable suggestions on how to improve the intermittently precarious oil supply situation.

Definition of intermittent

• Stopping and starting, occuring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span
• Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year
• An intermittent fever or disease

Examples

• The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.
• Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.
• The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.

Related words

• intermittently
• intermittency
• intermittence
• unintermittent
• intermittentness
• intermittent lake
• intermittent claudication
• intermittent snowstorms