period

Word Type

n.

period Meaning Definition

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a division of time, as a series of years, months, or days, in which something is completed, and ready to recommence and go on in the same order; as, the period of the sun, or the earth, or a comet.

Synonyms for period

Alexandrine,Archean,Archeozoic,Cambrian,Carboniferous,Cenozoic,Comanchean,Cretaceous,Devonian,Eocene,Glacial,Holocene,Lower Cretaceous,Lower Tertiary,Mesozoic,Miocene,Mississippian,Oligocene,Paleocene,Paleozoic,Pennsylvanian,Permian,Pleistocene,Pliocene,Precambrian,Proterozoic,Quaternary,Recent,Silurian,Tertiary,Triassic,Upper Cretaceous,Upper Tertiary,Z,accent,accentuation,adjectival phrase,aeon,age,amount,amphibrach,amphimacer,amplitude,anacrusis,anapest,annual period,antinode,antispast,aphelion,apodosis,apogee,arsis,astronomical longitude,autumnal equinox,bacchius,baseball season,basketball season,bass passage,beat,boundary,bourdon,bridge,burden,cadence,caesura,caliber,catalexis,catamenia,catamenial discharge,catastrophe,ceasing,celestial equator,celestial longitude,celestial meridian,cessation,chloriamb,chloriambus,chorus,chronology,circle,clause,close,closing,closure,coda,cold season,colon,colures,comma,compass,concert season,conclusion,construction,consummation,continuity,counterpoint,courses,crack of doom,crest,cretic,culmination,curtain,curtains,cut,dactyl,days,de Broglie wave,death,decease,degree,denouement,destination,destiny,development,diaeresis,diffraction,dimeter,dipody,discontinuance,division,dochmiac,doom,dry season,duration,duree,ecliptic,effect,electromagnetic wave,elegiac,elegiac couplet,elegiac pentameter,emphasis,end,end point,ending,envoi,epilogue,epitrite,epoch,equator,equinoctial,equinoctial circle,equinoctial colure,equinox,era,eschatology,expiration,exposition,expression,extent,fate,feminine caesura,figure,final solution,final twitch,final words,finale,finality,finis,finish,flowers,folderol,foot,football season,frequency,frequency band,frequency spectrum,full stop,galactic longitude,geocentric longitude,geodetic longitude,goal,grade,great circle,guided wave,harmonic close,headed group,height,heliocentric longitude,heptameter,heptapody,heroic couplet,hexameter,hexapody,iamb,iambic,iambic pentameter,ictus,idiom,idiotism,in phase,interference,interlude,intermezzo,interval,introductory phrase,ionic,izzard,jingle,juncture,last,last breath,last gasp,last things,last trumpet,last words,lastingness,latter end,leap,level,light,lilt,locution,longitude,longitudinal wave,manner of speaking,mark,masculine caesura,measure,mechanical wave,menses,menstrual discharge,menstruation,meridian,meter,metrical accent,metrical foot,metrical group,metrical unit,metron,molossus,monthlies,mora,movement,musical phrase,musical sentence,node,notch,noun phrase,nuance,numbers,off season,omega,orbit,ornament,out of phase,paeon,paragraph,part,pas,passage,patch,pause,payoff,peculiar expression,peg,pentameter,pentapody,perigee,perihelion,periodic wave,periodicity,periods,peroration,phrasal idiom,phrase,pitch,plane,plateau,point,proceleusmatic,proportion,psychological time,pyrrhic,quantity,quietus,radio wave,rainy season,range,ratio,ray,reach,refrain,reinforcement,remove,resolution,resonance,resonance frequency,response,resting place,rhythm,ritornello,round,rung,scale,scope,season,seasonableness,seasonality,section,seismic wave,semicolon,sentence,set phrase,shade,shadow,shock wave,small circle,social season,solstitial colure,sound wave,space,space-time,span,spell,spondee,sprung rhythm,stair,standard,standard phrase,stanza,statement,step,stint,stop,stoppage,stopping place,strain,stress,stretch,surface wave,swan song,swing,syntactic structure,syzygy,tailpiece,tense,term,terminal,termination,terminus,tetrameter,tetrapody,tetraseme,that time,the curse,the future,the past,the present,the season,thesis,tidal wave,tide,time,time of year,timebinding,trajectory,transverse wave,tread,tribrach,trimeter,tripody,triseme,trochee,trough,turn of expression,turn of phrase,tutti,tutti passage,usage,utterance,variation,verb complex,verb phrase,verbalism,vernal equinox,verse,wave,wave equation,wave motion,wave number,wavelength,way of speaking,while,windup,word-group,years,zodiac,zone

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AlexandrineArcheanArcheozoicCambrianCarboniferousCenozoicComancheanCretaceousDevonianEoceneGlacialHoloceneLower CretaceousLower TertiaryMesozoicMioceneMississippianOligocenePaleocenePaleozoicPennsylvanianPermianPleistocenePliocenePrecambrianProterozoicQuaternaryRecentSilurianTertiaryTriassicUpper CretaceousUpper TertiaryZaccentaccentuationadjectival phraseaeonageamountamphibrachamphimaceramplitudeanacrusisanapestannual periodantinodeantispastaphelionapodosisapogeearsisastronomical longitudeautumnal equinoxbacchiusbaseball seasonbasketball seasonbass passagebeatboundarybourdonbridgeburdencadencecaesuracalibercatalexiscatameniacatamenial dischargecatastropheceasingcelestial equatorcelestial longitudecelestial meridiancessationchloriambchloriambuschoruschronologycircleclausecloseclosingclosurecodacold seasoncoloncolurescommacompassconcert seasonconclusionconstructionconsummationcontinuitycounterpointcoursescrack of doomcrestcreticculminationcurtaincurtainscutdactyldaysde Broglie wavedeathdeceasedegreedenouementdestinationdestinydevelopmentdiaeresisdiffractiondimeterdipodydiscontinuancedivisiondochmiacdoomdry seasondurationdureeeclipticeffectelectromagnetic waveelegiacelegiac coupletelegiac pentameteremphasisendend pointendingenvoiepilogueepitriteepochequatorequinoctialequinoctial circleequinoctial colureequinoxeraeschatologyexpirationexpositionexpressionextentfatefeminine caesurafigurefinal solutionfinal twitchfinal wordsfinalefinalityfinisfinishflowersfolderolfootfootball seasonfrequencyfrequency bandfrequency spectrumfull stopgalactic longitudegeocentric longitudegeodetic longitudegoalgradegreat circleguided waveharmonic closeheaded groupheightheliocentric longitudeheptameterheptapodyheroic couplethexameterhexapodyiambiambiciambic pentameterictusidiomidiotismin phaseinterferenceinterludeintermezzointervalintroductory phraseionicizzardjinglejuncturelastlast breathlast gasplast thingslast trumpetlast wordslastingnesslatter endleaplevellightliltlocutionlongitudelongitudinal wavemanner of speakingmarkmasculine caesurameasuremechanical wavemensesmenstrual dischargemenstruationmeridianmetermetrical accentmetrical footmetrical groupmetrical unitmetronmolossusmonthliesmoramovementmusical phrasemusical sentencenodenotchnoun phrasenuancenumbersoff seasonomegaorbitornamentout of phasepaeonparagraphpartpaspassagepatchpausepayoffpeculiar expressionpegpentameterpentapodyperigeeperihelionperiodic waveperiodicityperiodsperorationphrasal idiomphrasepitchplaneplateaupointproceleusmaticproportionpsychological timepyrrhicquantityquietusradio waverainy seasonrangeratiorayreachrefrainreinforcementremoveresolutionresonanceresonance frequencyresponseresting placerhythmritornelloroundrungscalescopeseasonseasonablenessseasonalitysectionseismic wavesemicolonsentenceset phraseshadeshadowshock wavesmall circlesocial seasonsolstitial coluresound wavespacespace-timespanspellspondeesprung rhythmstairstandardstandard phrasestanzastatementstepstintstopstoppagestopping placestrainstressstretchsurface waveswan songswingsyntactic structuresyzygytailpiecetensetermterminalterminationterminustetrametertetrapodytetrasemethat timethe cursethe futurethe pastthe presentthe seasonthesistidal wavetidetimetime of yeartimebindingtrajectorytransverse wavetreadtribrachtrimetertripodytrisemetrocheetroughturn of expressionturn of phrasetuttitutti passageusageutterancevariationverb complexverb phraseverbalismvernal equinoxversewavewave equationwave motionwave numberwavelengthway of speakingwhilewindupword-groupyearszodiaczone