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...
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- 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...
- In classical antiquity, the ****enistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great...
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- The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura jidai, 1185–1333) is a period of ****anese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established...
- The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to last for six w****s. However, there are three distinct but continuous...
- The Ubaid period (c. 5500–3700 BC) is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia. The name derives from Tell al-'Ubaid where the earliest large excavation of...