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period
  1. A length of time. [from 17th c.]
  2. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. [from 16th c.]
  3. (Canada) 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. [from 17th c.]
  5. Female menstruation. [from 18th c.]
  6. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. [from 19th c.]
  7. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity. [from 19th c.]
  8. (Canada) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided. [from 19th c.]
  9. (medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course. [15th-19th c.]
  10. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc. [from 16th c.]
  11. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. [from 16th c.]
  12. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage. [17th-19th c.]
  13. (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements. [from 19th c.]
  14. (geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.
  15. (genetics) A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
  16. (music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
  17. (mathematics) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in recurring decimals.
  18. (archaic) End point, conclusion.
  19. Synonyms:
  20. Examples:
    1. “You have entered a critical period where the decisions you make will have a profound impact on the rest of your life.”
      “Many women do not suspect that they are pregnant until their period fails to arrive.”
      “A name is nothing but two proper nouns with a letter and a period stuck between them.”
periodicity
  1. Recurrence of a woman's periods; menstruation.
  2. The quality of being periodic; tendency to recur at regular intervals.
  3. (mathematics) The quality of a function with a repeated set of values at regular intervals.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “As such, increasing the periodicity in an assibilated rhotic may lead to the perception of the trill, even if it is not present.”
      “In fasting, the motor functions of the stomach, small intestine and biliary tract exhibit a regular periodicity.”
      “So how do you pick four notes that sound good no matter what order or periodicity they're played in?”
periodical
  1. A publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily.
  2. A regularly issued thematic publication that contains the most current information in its field, often the primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in its field.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The periodical article system of transmitting new knowledge has worked remarkably well for two centuries or more.”
periodization
  1. The process of categorizing something (e.g. history) into named periods.
  2. (weightlifting, sports) Training in segments of a few weeks or months, so that training begins at lower intensity and is gradually increased to high intensity.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the study of an era of rapid, complex, interlingual and intercultural change, periodization is more than a problem of proper categories.”
      “Determine training needs of the Team and develop work plans and periodization plans.”
      “Most athletes follow a rigid periodization scheme that cycles different training protocols every 6-8 weeks or so in the months leading up to a competition.”
periodicalist
  1. One who publishes, or writes for, a periodical.
periodisation
  1. Alternative form of periodization
  2. Examples:
    1. “The chronological periodisation is defined by different thematic concerns as well as by the presence of different patrons and markets.”
      “The University of Bristol's MA in Medieval and Early modern History is new to the department and re-examines the traditional rigid periodisation of the two epochs.”
      “This periodisation goes rather unquestioned in the literature on social democracy, but there are grounds to doubt its veracity.”
periodicalness
periodicalists
  1. plural of periodicalist
periodisations
  1. plural of periodisation
periodizations
  1. plural of periodization
periodicities
  1. plural of periodicity
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In addition, e73 muscle contains dense aggregates that exhibit the periodicities typical of paramyosin paracrystals.”
      “The nanomesh can have variable periodicities, defined as the distance between the centers of two neighboring nanoholes.”
      “Data was recorded for modeled earthquakes occurring on each distinct fault network and analyzed for any periodicities.”
periodicals
  1. plural of periodical
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The convention will publish periodicals and establish a Web site to promote distant and Internet educational programs.”
      “While they were self-taught, they read professional periodicals and kept abreast of the latest advances in the field.”
      “The two have carefully tracked the coming and going of feminist periodicals.”
periods
  1. plural of period
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “What was the exact place of ancient cuneiform culture in Uruk, and in Babylonia more generally, during the Hellenistic and Parthian periods?”
      “Every summer periods of cool weather occasionally interrupt the intense heat.”
      “It was also enacted that all coppices or underwoods should be enclosed for periods from four to seven years after felling.”
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