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PE'RIOD, n. [L. periodus; Gr. about, and way.] 1. Properly, a circuit; hence, the time which is taken up by a planet in making its revolution round the sun, or the duration of its course till it returns to the point of its orbit where it began. Thus the period of the earth or its annual revolution is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 30 seconds.2. In chronology, a stated number of years; a revolution or series of years by which time is measured; as the Calippic period; the Dionysian period; the Julian period.3. Any series of years or of days in which a revolution is completed, and the same course is to begun.4. Any specified portion of time, designated by years, months, days or hours complete; as a period of a thousand years; the period of a year; the period of a day.5. End; conclusion. Death puts a period to a state of probation.6. An indefinite portion of any continued state, existence or series of events; as the first period of life; the last period of a king's reign; the early periods of history.7. State at which any thing terminates; limit.8. Length or usual length of duration.9. A complete sentence from one full stop to another. Periods are beautiful when they are not too long. 10. The point that marks the end of a complete sentence; a full stop,thus, (.) 11. In numbers, a distinction made by a point or comma after every sixth place or figure. 12. In medicine, the time of intention and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and remission. Julian period, in chronology, a period of 7980 years; a number produced by multiplying 28, the years of the solar cycle, into 19, the years of the lunar cycle, and their product by 15, the years of the Roman indiction. PE'RIOD, v.t. To put an end to. [Not used.]
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PE'RIOD, n. [L. periodus; Gr. about, and way.] 1. Properly, a circuit; hence, the time which is taken up by a planet in making its revolution round the sun, or the duration of its course till it returns to the point of its orbit where it began. Thus the period of the earth or its annual revolution is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 30 seconds.2. In chronology, a stated number of years; a revolution or series of years by which time is measured; as the Calippic period; the Dionysian period; the Julian period.3. Any series of years or of days in which a revolution is completed, and the same course is to begun.4. Any specified portion of time, designated by years, months, days or hours complete; as a period of a thousand years; the period of a year; the period of a day.5. End; conclusion. Death puts a period to a state of probation.6. An indefinite portion of any continued state, existence or series of events; as the first period of life; the last period of a king's reign; the early periods of history.7. State at which any thing terminates; limit.8. Length or usual length of duration.9. A complete sentence from one full stop to another. Periods are beautiful when they are not too long. 10. The point that marks the end of a complete sentence; a full stop,thus, (.) 11. In numbers, a distinction made by a point or comma after every sixth place or figure. 12. In medicine, the time of intention and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and remission. Julian period, in chronology, a period of 7980 years; a number produced by multiplying 28, the years of the solar cycle, into 19, the years of the lunar cycle, and their product by 15, the years of the Roman indiction. PE'RIOD, v.t. To put an end to. [Not used.] |
PE'RI-OD, n. [L. periodus; Fr. periode; It. Sp. and Port. periodo; Gr. περιοδος; περι, about, and ὁδος, way.]- Properly, a circuit; hence, the time which is taken up by a planet in making its revolution round the sun, or the duration of its course till it returns to the point of its orbit where it began. Thus the period of the earth or its annual revolution is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 30 seconds. – Encyc.
- In chronology, a stated number of years; a revolution or series of years by which time is measured; as, the Calippic period; the Dionysian period; the Julian period.
- Any series of years or of days in which a revolution is completed, and the same course is to be begun.
- Any specified portion of time, designated by years, months, days or hours complete as, a period of a thousand years; the period of a year; the period of a day.
- End; conclusion. Death puts a period to a state of probation.
- An indefinite portion of any continued state, existence or series of events; as, the first period of life; the last period of a king's reign; the early periods of history.
- State at which any thing terminates; limit.
- Length or usual length of duration.
Some experiments would be made how by art to make plants more tasting than their ordinary period. – Bacon.
- A complete sentence from one full stop to another.
Periods are beautiful when they are not too long. – B. Jonson.
- The point that marks the end of a complete sentence; a full stop, thus ( . ).
- In numbers, a distinction made by a point or comma after every sixth place or figure. – Encyc.
- In medicine, the time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission. Encyc. Julian period, in chronology, a period of 7980 years; a number produced by multiplying 23, the years of the solar cycle, into 19, the years of the lunar cycle, and their product by 15, the years of the Roman indiction.
PE'RI-OD, v.t.To put an end to. [Not used.] – Shak. |
Pe"ri*od
- 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.
- To put an end
to.
- To come to a
period; to conclude. [Obs.] "You may period upon this, that,"
etc.
- A stated and recurring interval of
time; more generally, an interval of time specified or left
indefinite; a certain series of years, months, days, or the like; a
time; a cycle; an age; an epoch; as, the period of the Roman
republic.
- One of the great divisions
of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial
period. See the Chart of Geology.
- The termination or completion of a
revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act; hence, a
limit; a bound; an end; a conclusion.
- A complete sentence, from
one full stop to another; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious
sentence.
- The punctuation point [.]
that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated
word.
- One of several similar sets
of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at
regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and
in circulating decimals.
- The time of the exacerbation
and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and
intermission.
- A complete musical
sentence.
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Period PE'RIOD, noun [Latin periodus; Gr. about, and way.] 1. Properly, a circuit; hence, the time which is taken up by a planet in making its revolution round the sun, or the duration of its course till it returns to the point of its orbit where it began. Thus the period of the earth or its annual revolution is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 30 seconds. 2. In chronology, a stated number of years; a revolution or series of years by which time is measured; as the Calippic period; the Dionysian period; the Julian period 3. Any series of years or of days in which a revolution is completed, and the same course is to begun. 4. Any specified portion of time, designated by years, months, days or hours complete; as a period of a thousand years; the period of a year; the period of a day. 5. End; conclusion. Death puts a period to a state of probation. 6. An indefinite portion of any continued state, existence or series of events; as the first period of life; the last period of a king's reign; the early periods of history. 7. State at which any thing terminates; limit. 8. Length or usual length of duration. 9. A complete sentence from one full stop to another. Periods are beautiful when they are not too long. 10. The point that marks the end of a complete sentence; a full stop, thus, (.) 11. In numbers, a distinction made by a point or comma after every sixth place or figure. 12. In medicine, the time of intention and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and remission. Julian period in chronology, a period of 7980 years; a number produced by multiplying 28, the years of the solar cycle, into 19, the years of the lunar cycle, and their product by 15, the years of the Roman indiction. PE'RIOD, verb transitive To put an end to. [Not used.] |
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