Understanding the meaning of period

period

/'piriəd/

noun
an amount of time
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"a time period of 30 years" "hastened the period of time of his recovery" "Picasso's blue period"

Similar:

period of time time period

type of:
fundamental measure fundamental quantity
noun
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
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Similar:

catamenia flow menses menstruation menstruum

type of:
emission expelling discharge
noun
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
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"ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"

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geological period

type of:
geologic time geological time

part of:
geological era era
noun
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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"in England they call a period a stop"

Similar:

full point full stop point stop

type of:
punctuation punctuation mark
noun
(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
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type of:
section division part

part of:
period of play playing period play
noun
the end or completion of something
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"death put a period to his endeavors" "a change soon put a period to my tranquility"

type of:
end ending
noun
the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
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type of:
interval time interval

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