English-Portuguese translations for intermittent

• intermitente
  Nada diz sobre as medidas que devem ser tomadas para conter estes fluxos intermitentes de imigração ilegal. It says nothing on what measures should be taken to stem these intermittent flows of illegal immigration.
  Para mais, o Conselho é uma instituição intermitente. What is more, the Council is an intermittent institution.
  Trata-se de uma forma de energia armazenável, podendo complementar outras fontes intermitentes de energia. It is a storable form of energy, so is complementary to other intermittent sources of renewables.

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