period
1Period — 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… …
2Period — 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 …
3Period — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Period» Sencillo de Haruka Ayase Publicación 24 de marzo de 2006 Formato Maxi single …
4Period — Pe ri*od, v. i. To come to a period; to conclude. [Obs.] You may period upon this, that, etc. Felthman. [1913 Webster] …
5period — 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… …
6Period — Pe ri*od, v. t. To put an end to. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
7period — /pear ee euhd/, n. 1. a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social… …
8period — I. noun Etymology: Middle English periode, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin, Latin, & Greek; Medieval Latin periodus period of time, punctuation mark, from Latin & Greek; Latin, rhetorical period, from Greek periodos circuit, period of… …
9period — 1. adjective /ˈpɪərɪəd/ Appropriate for a given historical era. As the guests arrived mdash; there were about a hundred, a majority in period attire mdash; I began to feel out of place in my beige summer suit, white shirt, and red necktie. Then I …
10period — 1. A certain duration or division of time. 2. One of the stages of a disease, e.g., p. of incubation, p. of convalescence. SEE ALSO: stage, phase. 3. Colloquialism for menses. 4. Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the …
