period

• age
• bit
• cycle
• date
• day
• epoch
• era
• generation
• menses
• menstruation
• monthlies
• space
• span
• spell
• stretch
• time
• vintage
• while
• year

• noun
  1. A length of time.
  2. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
  3. The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
  4. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
  5. Female menstruation.
  6. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
  7. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
  8. Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
  9. The length of time for a disease to run its course.
  10. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
  11. A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
  12. A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
  13. A row in the periodic table of the elements.
  14. A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.
  15. A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
  16. Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
  17. The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
  18. End point, conclusion.
• verb
  1. To come to a period; to conclude.
  2. To put an end to.
• adjective
  1. Designating anything from a given historical era.
  2. Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
• interjection
  1. That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.

• The Renaissance was a fascinating period in history.
• She was absent during the first period of class.
• They went through a difficult period after the storm.
• The trial lasted for a short period of three days.
• There was a brief period of silence before he spoke.

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