period

period
period NOUN 1) a length or portion of time. 2) a distinct portion of time with particular characteristics. 3) a major division of geological time, forming part of an era. 4) a lesson in a school. 5) (also menstrual period) a monthly flow of blood and other material from the lining of the uterus, occurring in women of child-bearing age when not pregnant. 6) chiefly N. Amer. a full stop. 7) Physics the interval of time between recurrences of a phenomenon.
ADJECTIVE belonging to or characteristic of a past historical time: period furniture.
ORIGIN originally denoting the time during which something runs its course: from Greek periodos 'orbit, recurrence, course' .

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  • period — pe‧ri‧od [ˈpɪəriəd ǁ ˈpɪr ] noun [countable] a particular length of time: • She has been taken on for a 6 month trial period. acˈcounting ˌperiod ACCOUNTING a period of time to which a particular payment is related for accounting or tax purposes …   Financial and business terms

  • Period — Pe ri*od, n. [L. periodus, Gr. ? a going round, a way round, a circumference, a period of time; ? round, about + ? a way: cf. F. p[ e]riode.] 1. A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Period — or periodic may refer to:Language and literature* Full stop, a punctuation mark indicating the end of a sentence or phrase * Periodic sentence, a sentence that is not grammatically complete until its end * The final book in Dennis Cooper s George …   Wikipedia

  • Period — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Period» Sencillo de Haruka Ayase Publicación 24 de marzo de 2006 Formato Maxi single …   Wikipedia Español

  • Period — Pe ri*od, v. i. To come to a period; to conclude. [Obs.] You may period upon this, that, etc. Felthman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • period — I noun age, bout, continuance, course, diuturnity, duration, eon, epoch, era, hitch, interval, juncture, length of time, limited time, point, season, shift, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tenure, term, time, time interval, time stretch, tour …   Law dictionary

  • period — period. Ген в геноме Drosophila melanogaster; один из наиболее хорошо изученных “генов поведения” участвует в контроле циркадного ритма <cyrcadian rythm> и алгоритмов воспроизводительного поведения (ухаживания) самцов; кодируемый продукт… …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Period — Pe ri*od, v. t. To put an end to. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Period —   [engl.], Punkt …   Universal-Lexikon

  • period — /pear ee euhd/, n. 1. a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social… …   Universalium

  • period — I. noun Etymology: Middle English periode, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin, Latin, & Greek; Medieval Latin periodus period of time, punctuation mark, from Latin & Greek; Latin, rhetorical period, from Greek periodos circuit, period of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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