Definition of Period. Meaning of Period. Synonyms of Period

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Definition of Period

Period
Period Pe"ri*od, v. t. To put an end to. [Obs.] --Shak.
Period
Period Pe"ri*od, v. i. To come to a period; to conclude. [Obs.] ``You may period upon this, that,' etc. --Felthman.

Meaning of Period from wikipedia

- Look up period or periodic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Period may refer to: Period (punctuation) Era, a length or span of time Menstruation, commonly...
- The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of ****an...
- The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic...
- The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object. In astronomy...
- The Heian period (平安時代, Heian jidai) is the last division of classical ****anese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning...
- The Muromachi period or Muromachi era (室町時代, Muromachi jidai), also known as the Ashikaga period or Ashikaga era (足利時代, Ashikaga jidai), is a division...
- In historiography, periodization is the process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified, and named blocks of time for the purpose...
- The Sengoku period (****anese: 戦国時代, Hepburn: Sengoku Jidai, lit. 'Warring States period') is the period in ****anese history in which civil wars and social...
- The Yayoi period (弥生時代, Yayoi jidai) started in the late Neolithic period in ****an, continued through the Bronze Age, and towards its end crossed into...
- In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days)...