belonging to or characteristic of a past historical time, especially in style or design:an attractive and beautifully modernized period housea splendid selection of period furniture
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1a length or portion of time:he had long periods of depressionthe period 1977–85the training period is between 16 and 18 months
a portion of time in the life of a nation, civilization, etc. characterized by the same prevalent features or conditions:the early medieval period
a major division of geological time that is a subdivision of an era and is itself subdivided into epochs:the Cretaceous period
each of the set divisions of the day in a school allocated to a lesson or other activity:two periods of PE are allocated on the timetablehe interviewed the teachers when they had a free period
each of the divisions of the playing time of a sporting event:the Lightnings ran at the Leafs hard in a very rough first period
2 Physics the interval of time between successive occurrences of the same state in an oscillatory or cyclic phenomenon, such as a mechanical vibration, an alternating current, a variable star, or an electromagnetic wave.
Astronomy the time taken by a celestial object to rotate about its axis, or to make one circuit of its orbit.
Mathematics the interval between successive equal values of a periodic function.
3 (also menstrual period) a flow of blood and other material from the lining of the uterus, lasting for a few days and occurring in sexually mature women who are not pregnant at intervals of about one lunar month until the menopause:she’s got her period [as modifier]:period pains
4North American a full stop.
informal, chiefly North American added to the end of a statement to indicate that no further discussion is possible or desirable:he is the sole owner of the trademark, period
5 Chemistry a set of elements occupying a horizontal row in the periodic table.
6 Rhetoric a complex sentence, especially one consisting of several clauses, constructed as part of a formal speech or oration.
Music a complete idea, typically consisting of two or four phrases.
put a period to
dated put an end to:in dry climates, the onset of summer drought may put a period to plant activity
