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It is used when a function takes the same values after some fixed interval, and multiples of that interval.

For example, tan(x) = tax(x + 180) = tan(x + 360) = tan(x + n*180) for all integer values of n. So tan is said to be periodic, with period 180 degrees (or π radians).

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