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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wanderingadjective

    migratory

    "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

Wiktionary

  1. nomadicadjective

    of, or relating to nomads

  2. nomadicadjective

    leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant

Wikipedia

  1. nomadic

    A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the population of nomadic pastoral tribes slowly decreased, reaching an estimated 30–40 million nomads in the world as of 1995.Nomadic hunting and gathering—following seasonally available wild plants and game—is by far the oldest human subsistence method. Pastoralists raise herds of domesticated livestock, driving or accompanying them in patterns that normally avoid depleting pastures beyond their ability to recover. Nomadism is also a lifestyle adapted to infertile regions such as steppe, tundra, or ice and sand, where mobility is the most efficient strategy for exploiting scarce resources. For example, many groups living in the tundra are reindeer herders and are semi-nomadic, following forage for their animals. Sometimes also described as "nomadic" are various itinerant populations who move among densely populated areas to offer specialized services (crafts or trades) to their residents—external consultants, for example. These groups are known as "peripatetic nomads".

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  1. nomadic

    Nomadic refers to a lifestyle or behavior characterized by constant or regular movement or travel from one place to another, often due to the need for fresh pastures for their livestock or in search of food, trade, or opportunities. This term usually pertains to individuals, groups, or communities, who don't have fixed homes or permanent residences, instead, they live in tents or portable homes. The movements can be seasonal or as required for survival.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nomadicadjective

    of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe

  2. Etymology: [Gr. . See Nomad.]

Wikidata

  1. Nomadic

    Nomadic is the second studio album by American neo soul singer Adriana Evans. Released in 2004 under the independent label Next Thing. The album featured two singles, "Remember the Love" and "7 Days". Nomadic was re-issued in 2009 with an enhanced media: "7 Days". The lead single, "Remember the Love" was used as the theme song for Logo's TV series, Noah's Arc and is featured on Noah's Arc: Season 1.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nomadic in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nomadic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of nomadic in a Sentence

  1. Phillip Barden:

    Hell ants have two features found in no living species : highly specialized scythe-like mandibles and a wide diversity of horns that are present on what is essentially the forehead, one reason these fossils are compelling is that, today, we have about 15,000 known species of ants with all kinds of adaptations, from agricultural leaf-cutter ants with scissor-like mouthparts to army ants specialized as nomadic predatory raiders.

  2. Danny Bucher:

    As a general rule they're nomadic, but if there's a reliable supply of food, they'll hang around while that food lasts.

  3. Joel Gascoigne:

    It’s totally open. We don’t have any concentration of roles in one place. Some of us are quite nomadic.

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