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Definizione monolingua


period


Noun

period (plural periods)


  1. (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course. [15th-19th c.]
  2. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc. [from 16th c.]
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.3:
      All comes to one period, whether man make an end of himselfe, or whether he endure it [...].
  3. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. [from 16th c.]
    Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
  4. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. [from 16th c.]
    • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
      that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding.
  5. (now chiefly North America) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
  6. A length of time. [from 17th c.]
    There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
    Youll be on probation for a six-month period.
    • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:
      Philip Miles, defending, said: ""This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time.""
  7. 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. [from 17th c.]
  8. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage. [17th-19th c.]
    • 1720, Alexander Pope, translating Homer, Iliad, Book IV (note 125):
      The Death of Patroclus was the most eminent Period; and consequently the most proper Time for such Games.
  9. Female menstruation. [from 18th c.]
    When she is on her period she can be more disagreeable than usual
  10. A section of an artists, writers (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. [from 19th c.]
    This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.
  11. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity. [from 19th c.]
    I have math class in second period.
  12. (chiefly North America) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided. [from 19th c.]
    Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.
  13. (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements. [from 19th c.]
  14. (genetics) A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm
    • 1988,, “Antibodies to the period gene product of drosophila reveal diverse tissue distribution and rhythmic changes in the visual system”, Neuron, volume 1, number 2, page 141:?
      Polyclonal antibodies were prepared against the period gene product, which influences biological rhythms in D. melanogaster, by using small synthetic peptides from the per sequence as immunogens.
    • 2009 ""Gene Dmel\per"" (in en). (Gene Report (database record)) FlyBase. The FlyBase Consortium: 20 November 2009. URL accessed on 7 December, 2009.
  15. (music) two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase)
Adjective

period (not comparable)


  1. Appropriate for a given historical era.
    • 2004, Mark Singer, Somewhere in America, Houghton Mifflin, page 70
      As the guests arrived — there were about a hundred, a majority in period attire — I began to feel out of place in my beige summer suit, white shirt, and red necktie. Then I got over it. I certainly didnt suffer from Confederate-uniform envy.

Definizione dizionario period


periodo
  something that repeats regularly
  epoch
punto
  punctation mark “.”
  Segno di punteggiatura che indica la fine di una frase.
  The dot-shaped punctuation mark that indicates the end of a sentence.
mestruazione
  Periodo del ciclo mestruale in cui l'endometrio è evacuato quando non ha avuto luogo la concezione.
  The period in the menstrual cycle when the endometrium is shed when conception did not take place.
era
  Periodo storico.
  A historic period of time.
scorcio
  Breve periodo di tempo che manca alla fine di una stagione, un'epoca e sim.
ciclo mestruale
durata
epoca
fase
frase
intervallo
lasso
mestruazioni
momento
ora
periodo di tempo
spazio di tempo
stagione
tempo
termine

Altri significati:
  (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course. [15th-19th c.]
  Appropriate for a given historical era.
  (genetics) A '''Drosophila''' gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm
  (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements. [from 19th c.]
  period (sports)
  Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity. [from 19th c.]
  A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. [from 19th c.]
  An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc. [from 16th c.]
  period (in astronomy)
  age(epch)
  rest (music)
  (rhetoric) A periodic sentence. [from 16th c.]
  A length of time. [from 17th c.]
(now chiefly North America) The punctuation mark “ . ” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
  (chiefly North America) And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
  a period (of time)
  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. [from 17th c.]
  A distinct time of history.
  Female menstruation. [from 18th c.]
  A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. [from 16th c.]
  and nothing else
  (chiefly North America) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided. [from 19th c.]
  (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage. [17th-19th c.]

Traduzione period


periodo ,punto ,mestruazione ,era ,scorcio

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