ALL meanings of intermittence
in·ter·mit·tent
I i - adjective intermittence stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain. 1
- adjective intermittence alternately functioning and not functioning or alternately functioning properly and improperly. 1
- adjective intermittence (of streams, lakes, or springs) recurrent; showing water only part of the time. 1
- noun intermittence The state of being sporadic or intermittent. 1