recurrent event

Thesaurus

Noun

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recurrent event - an event that recurs at intervals periodic eventhappening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happensmigration - the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breedingoscillation, cycle - a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"repeat, repetition - an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"sunrise - the daily event of the sun rising above the horizonsunset - the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizonheartbeat, beat, pulse, pulsation - the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"tide - the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon