Irregularity

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  • noun. The quality or state of being irregular.
  • noun. Something irregular.
  • noun. Constipation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Lack of regularity; the state of being irregular; deviation from rule, method, order, course, uniformity, etc.; hence, impropriety; disorder; laxity: as, irregularity of proceedings; the irregularity of a curve; irregularity of life or conduct.
  • noun. That which is irregular or out of due course; a part exhibiting divergence from the rest; hence, aberrant or immoral action or conduct: as, an irregularity on a surface; to be guilty of irregularities.
  • noun. In law, an act or proceeding not wholly beyond the power of the court or party, but done in a manner not warranted by the law or the state of the cause.
  • noun. In botany, want of uniformity in size, shape, or measure of union among the members of the same floral circle.
  • noun. Eccles., in the Roman Catholic Church, infraction of the rules governing admission to the clerical office and discharge of its functions; a canonical impediment to reception of orders, exercise of clerical functions, or advancement in the church.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An instance of being irregular.
  • noun. The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
  • noun. An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
  • noun. A violation of rules.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
  • noun. behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
  • noun. irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
  • noun. an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern
  • Word Usage
    "As Shelley scholar Neil Fraistat assures me, this claim of "irregularity" is rare if not unique in Shelley's work."
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