period

Meanings

• Noun

  A span of time, typically measured in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds.

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈpɪəɹɪəd/
   
   
   
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Antonyms

frequency

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Synonyms

dot , full stop , full-point , plain point , point , full stop

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Variants

List of all variants of period that leads to same result
period , periods , period piece , period pieces , grace period , grace periods , incubation period , incubation periods , latency , latency period , latency periods , latent period , latent periods , refractory period , refractory periods , refractory phase , cooling-off period , fallow period

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Etymology

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From the Old French periode, from the Latin periodos, meaning 'a completing, a finishing'.

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Trivia

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1. There are 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute, and 24 hours in a day. Therefore, there are 24 x 60 x 60 = 86,400 seconds in a day.

2. The shortest period in the solar system is that of Mercury, which is about 88 Earth days.

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Related Concepts

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1. Time: Period is a measure of time.

2. Interval: Period is a type of interval.

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Culture

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In literature, a period can refer to a specific point in a story or a pause in the flow of text. In music, a period is a section of a musical composition. In mathematics, it refers to a repeating sequence of numbers or a finite length of a curve.

How to Memorize "period"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a clock with its hands moving around the face, marking the passage of time in periods.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'period' with the word 'cycle'. Think of a menstrual cycle or a school term as a period.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'People Eat And Run' to remember the order of the parts of speech: Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Determiner, Pronoun, and Interjection.

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