periods in English

noun

1

a length or portion of time.

he had long periods of depression

synonyms: time, spell, interval, stretch, term, span, phase, bout, run, duration, chapter, stage, while, patch

2

a punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence or an abbreviation.

As he talked he jabbed the lit end of his cigar into the air as though he were punctuating his sentences by burning periods in the air.

3

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.

To produce a larger effect, the motion must accumulate, and for wave-impulses to accumulate, they must arrive in periods identical with the periods of vibration of the atoms on which they impinge.

4

a flow of blood and other material from the lining of the uterus, lasting for several days and occurring in sexually mature women who are not pregnant at intervals of about one lunar month until the onset of menopause.

It is common to have heavy blood flow at the beginning of a period and lighter blood flow at the end.

synonyms: menstruation, menstrual flow, menses, the curse, time of the month, monthlies

5

a set of elements occupying an entire horizontal row in the periodic table.

The horizontal rows or periods also have predictable trends in characteristics because as you move left to right in a row only one electron is added changing the atomic number by one.

6

a complex sentence, especially one consisting of several clauses, constructed as part of a formal speech or oration.

There is frequently poor closure of periods and an inept employment of rhythm in the closure of stanzas and of poems.

noun

time, spell, interval, stretch, term, span, phase, bout, run, duration, chapter, stage, while, patch
era, age, epoch, time, days, years, eon
lesson, class, session
menstruation, menstrual flow, menses, the curse, time of the month, monthlies
catamenia, menstruum, flow, menstruation, menses
stop, full point, point, full stop
period of time, time period

Use "periods" in a sentence

1. AroonUp = ((Number of periods - Number of periods since highest high) /Number of periods) *100.

2. Periods.

3. time periods considered (periods of active and passive institutional control),

4. Accumulation of periods

5. Those are periods of structural change and they recur after substantial periods.

6. In established cases ( rheumatoid arthritis ) there are periods of activity and periods of quiescence.

7. There are, however, often specific periods of, usually, intense activity, followed by periods of inactivity.

8. COMPOUND(initial; interest; periods; periods_per_year

9. Sunday Cloudy with sunny periods.

10. Commingles costs of two periods

11. In addition to 24-hoursperiodicity the illumination periods occurred partly within the set of the activity periods.

12. Women who really loathe their periods .

13. (unpaid costs from previous billing periods)

14. Added to this absurdity is the weakening of the right to compensatory rest periods after periods on duty.

15. The pattern of nitrogenase activity in these periods has been examined (acetylene-reduction technique) over several snowmelt periods.

16. Periods can also cease altogether (amenorrhea).

17. There are almost no waiting periods

18. The verification minimum and maximum periods.

19. The formula to calculate the Aroon Up line is: [ (number of periods) – (number of periods since highest high

20. 14 There were no longer seasonal periods of slack and recovery to offset the periods of feverish activity.

21. Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning near noon.

22. The adapted computation rules allow to determine the periods with insufficient water supply as well as periods with moisture surplus.

23. Alsike Clover will tolerate flooding for longer periods, but it may be killed out if drought periods become prolonged.

24. No grace periods or exceptions are possible.

25. Extended vesting periods only cover employer Contributions.

26. Amenorrhea is the absence of menstrual periods

27. Loss adjustments relating to previous reporting periods

28. Taking into account of child raising-periods

29. The research hypothesis is that during economically depressed periods mental hospital admissions increase and during economically prosperous periods they decrease.

30. Such arrangements could sharply reduce amortization periods.

31. And during periods of intense seismic activity...

32. • Periods should take into account delivery time;

33. (e) where it is not possible to determine accurately the period of time in which certain insurance periods or periods of residence were completed under the legislation of one Member State, such periods shall be presumed not to overlap with insurance periods or periods of residence completed under the legislation of another Member State and shall, where advantageous, be taken into account;

34. Use of the Agora varied in different periods.

35. Minister's liability accumulates in 5-year program periods.

36. Newborns typically sleep for periods of 4 hours .

37. See Update periods for changes in Ad Manager.

38. Airport categories and reference periods taken into account

39. Covered calls, stock holding periods, and qualified dividends

40. I have just divided it into two periods.

41. Long periods of continuous study are very tiring.

42. Amenorrhea is the complete absence of menstrual periods

43. No accumulation of periods of insurance or employment.

44. Do not use study periods to scold children.

45. 27 The early stage hydration of PC is divided into five periods, the pre-induction, induction, acceleratory ,[www.Sentencedict.com] deceleration and stabilization periods.

46. This policy includes legally mandated election “silence periods”.

47. The history of many colleges can be seen as periods of conflict and confrontation alternating with periods of consolidation and relative calm.

48. Coaster engineers play these competing forces against each other, to relieve periods of intense pressure with periods of no pressure at all.

49. As a consequence, overlapping of adjustment periods may occur

50. During the democratic periods, voting has always been compulsory.