periods
noun
Meaning
- A length of time.
- A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
- The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
- Female menstruation.
- A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
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