Sentence examples for periodic return from inspiring English sources

Philolaus' great year may be connected to the doctrine of the periodic return of all things, which Dicaearchus assigns to the Pythagoreans (Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras 19), which may be in turn a generalization of reincarnation (Riedweg 2005, 63).

But bonds, depending on quality and maturity, can yield from 5% to 7% — and even as high as 10% for junk bonds — which means that investors get a periodic return regardless of what the markets do.

Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic claims that the first single on God's Son "announces Nas' periodic return with fury and bombast" and is a "Marley Marl-fashioned track".

The diarrhoea manifested as loose stools that were white, malodorous and flatulent, and the disease was intractable and liable to periodic return.

For Young, too, there seems to be a ritualistic aspect of his periodic return to the solo acoustic format of his live shows, alternating with high-decibel sessions with Crazy Horse or the various other settings he's explored over what's fast approaching a half-century career.

Periodic Return: The total return of an investment measured over a specific length of time.

His periodic returns to the stage are interruptions, annoyances.

Mr. Donleavy, 74, was in New York for the revival, one of his periodic returns to the city of his birth.

Mr. Eager settled in Florida in the late 60's and raised a family, making periodic returns to the music business.

After marrying the artist Francisco Mora (1922-2002), she made that country her home, with periodic returns to the United States.

TOMMASINI TAKACS QUARTET String quartets and chamber music presenters can't really justify their places in the music world without periodic returns to the Beethoven quartets, complete.