Words For Frequencies Less Than An Hour
I'm writing a scheduling program and need to show frequency options ranging from once a minute to once a year. Anything over an hour is pretty simple, but I'm looking a formal term for frequencies under an hour.
Every... | Term
Year | Annual
6 Months | Semi Annual
3 Months | Quarterly
1 Month | Monthly
Week | Weekly
Day | Daily
Hour | Hourly
30 Minutes | Semi Hourly (?)
15 Minutes | Quarter Hourly (?)
10 Minutes | Decminutely (?)
5 Minutes | Pentminutely (?)
2 Minutes | Biminutely (?)
Minute | Minutely (?)
If anyone has an idea for a better SE forum that this should be posted on please let me know
There are the expressions half-hourly and quarter-hourly, but every 30/15/10/5/2 minutes is clearer and avoids misunderstandings.
I would definitely recommend sending this to the User Experience SE.
For clarity, I would consistently use the "every n units" format: "every year", "every 6 months", "every quarter", etc.