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- Period Pe"ri*od, v. t. To put an end to. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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period — pe‧ri‧od [ˈpɪəriəd ǁ ˈpɪr ] noun [countable] a particular length of time: • She has been taken on for a 6 month trial period. acˈcounting ˌperiod ACCOUNTING a period of time to which a particular payment is related for accounting or tax purposes … Financial and business terms
Period — Pe ri*od, n. [L. periodus, Gr. ? a going round, a way round, a circumference, a period of time; ? round, about + ? a way: cf. F. p[ e]riode.] 1. A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Period — or periodic may refer to:Language and literature* Full stop, a punctuation mark indicating the end of a sentence or phrase * Periodic sentence, a sentence that is not grammatically complete until its end * The final book in Dennis Cooper s George … Wikipedia
Period — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Period» Sencillo de Haruka Ayase Publicación 24 de marzo de 2006 Formato Maxi single … Wikipedia Español
period — PERIÓD s.n. v. perioadă. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 13.03.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 PERIÓD s. v. menstruaţie. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime periód (fiziol.) s. n. (sil. ri od) Trimis de siveco, 10 … Dicționar Român
Period — Pe ri*od, v. i. To come to a period; to conclude. [Obs.] You may period upon this, that, etc. Felthman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
period — I noun age, bout, continuance, course, diuturnity, duration, eon, epoch, era, hitch, interval, juncture, length of time, limited time, point, season, shift, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tenure, term, time, time interval, time stretch, tour … Law dictionary
period — period. Ген в геноме Drosophila melanogaster; один из наиболее хорошо изученных “генов поведения” участвует в контроле циркадного ритма <cyrcadian rythm> и алгоритмов воспроизводительного поведения (ухаживания) самцов; кодируемый продукт… … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
period — of an oscillation is the smallest increment of time in which one complete sequence of variation in displacement occurs or, in other words, the amount of time required to complete one cycle of vibration. Period is the inverse of frequency and is… … Mechanics glossary
period — (n.) early 15c., course or extent of time, from M.L. periodus recurring portion, cycle, from L. periodus a complete sentence, also cycle of the Greek games, from Gk. periodos rounded sentence, cycle, circuit, period of time, lit. going around,… … Etymology dictionary
