Break down the phrase into each word's meanings. Periodic means occasionally, sometimes, intermittently. Consumption or to consume means to eat. So "periodic consumption" means "to intermittently eat".
Periodic consumption could describe the eating habits of a crocodile or alligator, or a shark or whale.
If a comet is periodic, it means that it comes back regularly.
what ploh does mean
Ci means chlorine in the periodic table
Oxygen
Niobium
calcium
what ploh does mean
If a comet is periodic, it means that it comes back regularly.
Iodine
Oxygen,
a specific order
Helium
if you mean periodic, this means from time to time
Periodic mean after a period like weekly, monthly, semi anually, quartrly etc.
Ci means chlorine in the periodic table
Chlorine
Mercury