ALL meanings of period
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P p - noun period 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 unrest in Germany. 1
- noun period any specified division or portion of time: poetry of the period from 1603 to 1660. 1
- noun period a round of time or series of years by which time is measured. 1
- noun period a round of time marked by the recurrence of some phenomenon or occupied by some recurring process or action. 1
- noun period the point of completion of a round of time or of the time during which something lasts or happens. 1
- noun period Education. a specific length of time during school hours that a student spends in a classroom, laboratory, etc., or has free. 1
- noun period any of the parts of equal length into which a game is divided. 1
- noun period the time during which something runs its course. 1
- noun period the present time. 1
- noun period the point or character (.) used to mark the end of a declarative sentence, indicate an abbreviation, etc.; full stop. 1
- noun period a full pause, as is made at the end of a complete sentence; full stop. 1
- noun period a sentence, especially a well-balanced, impressive sentence: the stately periods of Churchill. 1
- noun period a periodic sentence. 1
- noun period an occurrence of menstruation. 1
- noun period a time of the month during which menstruation occurs. 1
- noun period Geology. the basic unit of geologic time, during which a standard rock system is formed: comprising two or more epochs and included with other periods in an era. 1
- noun period Physics. the duration of one complete cycle of a wave or oscillation; the reciprocal of the frequency. 1
- noun period Music. a division of a composition, usually a passage of eight or sixteen measures, complete or satisfactory in itself, commonly consisting of two or more contrasted or complementary phrases ending with a conclusive cadence; sentence (def 3). 1
- noun period Astronomy. Also called period of rotation. the time in which a body rotates once on its axis. Also called period of revolution. the time in which a planet or satellite revolves once about its primary. 1
- noun period Mathematics. See under periodic1 (def 5). 1
- noun period Classical Prosody. a group of two or more cola. 1
- adjective period recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts. 1
- adjective period occurring or appearing at regular intervals: periodic visits by doctors to the village. 1
- adjective period repeated at irregular intervals; intermittent: periodic outbreaks of the disease. 1
- adjective period Physics. recurring at equal intervals of time. 1
- adjective period Mathematics. (of a function) having a graph that repeats after a fixed interval (period) of the independent variable. 1
- adjective period Astronomy. characterized by a series of successive circuits or revolutions, as the motion of a planet or satellite. of or relating to a period, as of the revolution of a heavenly body. 1
- adjective period pertaining to or characterized by rhetorical periods, or periodic sentences. 1
- noun Technical meaning of period 1. (data) The time between repetitions of any cyclic event or phenomenon such as an electromagnetic wave or planetary orbit. Period is the reciprocal of frequency. 2. (character) American for full stop. 1
- noun period duration of time 1
- noun period historical era 1
- noun period menstruation 1
- noun period punctuation mark: full stop 1
- interjection period full stop: and that is that 1
- noun period geology 1
- noun period school 1
- noun period sports game 1
- noun period periodic table 1
- noun period sentence 1
- noun period astronomy: rotation 1
- noun period astronomy: orbit 1
- noun period musical section 1
- noun period historical 1
- countable noun period A period is a length of time. 0
- countable noun period A period in the life of a person, organization, or society is a length of time which is remembered for a particular situation or activity. 0
- countable noun period A particular length of time in history is sometimes called a period. For example, you can talk about the Victorian period or the Elizabethan period in Britain. 0
- adjective period Period costumes, furniture, and instruments were made at an earlier time in history, or look as if they were made then. 0
- countable noun period Exercise, training, or study periods are lengths of time that are set aside for exercise, training, or study. 0
- countable noun period At a school or college, a period is one of the parts that the day is divided into during which lessons or other activities take place. 0
- countable noun period When a woman has a period, she bleeds from her womb. This usually happens once a month, unless she is pregnant. 0