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# regularity

«regularity» in Mova's school dictionary: **The quality of happening at the same times or in the same…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (regularity — usually uncountable; regularities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The quality of happening at the same times or in the same way again and again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#m1)

2) Being even, neat and following a pattern: the regularity of a shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#m2)

3) How often something happens: "Accidents happen there with worrying regularity." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, regularity means a pattern repeats: a regular polygon has equal sides and angles, and regularity helps you spot number patterns. In science, scientists look for regularities (patterns) in their results. In everyday life, the regularity of a timetable or a heartbeat is something we count on. Phrases: with regularity, with clockwork regularity, regularity of meals.

### examples

- The buses come with great regularity, every ten minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#x1)
- The regularity of her heartbeat showed she was calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#x2)
- We noticed the regularity of the pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#x3)
- The bells rang with clockwork regularity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#x4)
- Doctors say regularity of sleep helps children learn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#x5)
- The regularity of the square's sides makes it a regular shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#x6)
- The pressure of regularity and discipline here stamped the jewel, which in the future the world so well knew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/#x7)

### note

Noun from "regular". Spelling: regular + ity. In maths, a regular shape has all sides and all angles equal; a pattern with regularity repeats by the same rule.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «regularity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regularity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.