Period
['pɪərɪəd] or ['pɪrɪəd]
Definition
(noun.) a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; 'in England they call a period a stop'.
(noun.) the end or completion of something; 'death put a period to his endeavors'; 'a change soon put a period to my tranquility'.
(noun.) a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; 'ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods'.
(noun.) (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games.
(noun.) the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon.
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Definition
(n.) A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a division of time, as a series of years, months, or days, in which something is completed, and ready to recommence and go on in the same order; as, the period of the sun, or the earth, or a comet.
(n.) A stated and recurring interval of time; more generally, an interval of time specified or left indefinite; a certain series of years, months, days, or the like; a time; a cycle; an age; an epoch; as, the period of the Roman republic.
(n.) One of the great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial period. See the Chart of Geology.
(n.) The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act; hence, a limit; a bound; an end; a conclusion.
(n.) A complete sentence, from one full stop to another; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious sentence.
(n.) The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word.
(n.) 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 circulating decimals.
(n.) The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission.
(n.) A complete musical sentence.
(v. t.) To put an end to.
(v. i.) To come to a period; to conclude. [Obs.] "You may period upon this, that," etc.
Editor: Tamara
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Cycle, circle of time, revolution of time, round of years.[2]. Time, term, era, epoch, date, age.[3]. End, limit, bound, termination, conclusion.[4]. (Rhet.) Sentence (full or completed), proposition.[5]. (Gram.) Dot, full stop.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Time, date, epoch, era, age, duration, continuance, limit, bound, end,conclusion, determination
ANT:Eternity, datelessness, immemoriality, infinity, perpetuity, illimitability,endlessness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness
Editor: Rosalie
Definition
n. the time in which anything is performed: (astron.) the time occupied by one of the heavenly bodies in making its revolution: a stated interval of time at the end of which certain events begin again to go through the same course as before: a series of events: a series of years: length of duration: the time at which anything ends: conclusion: (gram.) a mark at the end of a sentence: (rhet.) a complete sentence.—v.t. (Shak.) to put an end to.—adjs. Period′ic -al pertaining to a period: happening by revolution: occurring at regular intervals: pertaining to periodicals.—ns. Period′ical a magazine or other publication which appears in parts at regular periods; Period′icalist one who writes in a periodical.—adv. Period′ically.—n. Periodic′ity state of being periodic: tendency to happen over again at regular intervals of time.—Periodical literature literature published in magazines &c.; Periodic function one whose operation being iterated a certain number of times restores the variable: a function having a period; Periodic inequality a disturbance in the motion of a planet due to its position in its orbit relatively to another planet; Periodic law (chem.) a relation of elements according to their atomic weights.
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Examples
- Hence, provision was made for carrying a large stock of oil, and for giving a certain period of rest to that already used. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Before leaving this period of his career, it is to be noted that it gave Edison many favorable opportunities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I am not sufficiently acquainted with such subjects to know whether it is at all remarkable that I almost always dreamed of that period of my life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Among the earliest fire-arms of this period one was invented which was a breech-loader and revolver. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In either case the distance through which the prongs move is very small and the period is very short, so that the eye can seldom detect the movement itself. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the medieval period there was a religious individualism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I cannot precisely define what they expected, but it was something pleasant: not perhaps that day or that month, but at an indefinite future period. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Throughout the whole period of Mr. Candy's illness, from first to last, not one word about the Diamond escaped his lips. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The empire of the Great King enters upon a period of decay. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Everybody is taken in at some period or other. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- This is a determinant which burrows beneath our ordinary classification of progressive and reactionary to the spiritual habits of a period. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A great deal of business was transacted in this short period. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The longer the period of rest of each picture on the screen, the better the detail and the clearer the picture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- About a month before this period, some ingenious Frenchman had completed the discovery in the manner originally proposed by Dr. Franklin. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There is another possible mode of transition, namely, through the acceleration or retardation of the period of reproduction. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Such a companion for herself in the periods of anxiety and cheerlessness before her! Jane Austen. Emma.
- He infers that many species have kept true for long periods, whereas a few have become modified. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There have been other periods of revolution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In the earlier periods of the monarchy, the clergy of France appear to have been as much devoted to the pope as those of any other country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But the relative values of those two different species of food, bread and butcher's meat, are very different in the different periods of agriculture. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Tumbled together on the table are some pieces of iron, purposely broken to be tested at various periods of their service, in various capacities. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Habits easily become associated with other habits, with certain periods of time and states of the body. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Moreover, between each successive formation we have, in the opinion of most geologists, blank periods of enormous length. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Long periods of slowness and stagnation have alternated with shorter or longer periods of prolific growth, and these with seasons of slumber and repression. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Such periods have recurred in history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But the value of this evidence depends entirely on the perfection of the geological record, in relation to periods remote in the history of the world. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- During the alternate periods of elevation and of stationary level the record will generally be blank. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Did they have restaurants there at three different periods of the world? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- From a very early age, however, there is no distinction of exclusive periods of play activity and work activity, but only one of emphasis. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The performance of this duty requires, too, very different degrees of expense in the different periods of society. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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