Definition von period

Häufigkeit

period

(pɪəriəd )

Wortformen:plural periods

1. zählbares Substantiv

A period is a length of time.

This crisis might last for a long period of time. [+ of]

...a period of a few months. [+ of]

...for a limited period only.

Synonyme:time, term, season, space Weitere Synonyme von period

2. zählbares Substantiv

A period in the life of a person, organization, or society is a length of time which is remembered for a particular situation or activity.

...a period of economic good health and expansion. [+ of]

He went through a period of wanting to be accepted. [+ of]

The South African years were his most creative period.

3. zählbares Substantiv

A particular length of time in history is sometimes called a period. For example, you can talk about the Victorian period or the Elizabethan period in Britain.

...the Roman period.

No reference to their existence appears in any literature of the period.

...the most difficult periods of history.

4. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE noun]

Period costumes, furniture, and instruments were made at an earlier time in history, or look as if they were made then.

...dressed in full period costume.

...replicas of period instruments.

5. zählbares Substantiv [usually noun NOUN]

Exercise, training, or study periods are lengths of time that are set aside for exercise, training, or study.

They accompanied him during his exercise periods.

6. zählbares Substantiv

At a school or college, a period is one of the parts that the day is divided into during which lessons or other activities take place.

...periods of private study. [+ of]

...taking his scripts to school in order to learn the lines in free periods.

7. zählbares Substantiv

When a woman has a period, she bleeds from her womb. This usually happens once a month, unless she is pregnant.

8. Adverb

Some people say period after stating a fact or opinion when they want to emphasize that they are definite about something and do not want to discuss it further.

[emphasis]

I don't want to do it, period.

9. zählbares Substantiv

A period is the punctuation mark (.) which you use at the end of a sentence when it is not a question or an exclamation.

[US]regional note: in BRIT, use full stop

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Häufigkeit

period in American

(ˈpɪriəd ; pirˈēəd)

Substantiv

the interval between recurrent astronomical events, as between two full moons

the interval between certain happenings

a ten-year period of peace

a portion of time, often indefinite, characterized by certain events, processes, conditions, etc.; stage

a period of change, the present period

any of the portions of time into which an event of fixed duration, as a game or a school day, is divided

the full course, or one of the stages, of a disease

an occurrence of menstruation; menses

an end, completion, or conclusion, or a point of time marking this

death put a period to his plans

8. Geology

a subdivision of an era in geologic time corresponding to the rock strata of a system (sense 10)

see the geologic time chart in the Reference Supplement

9. Grammar and Rhetoric

a sentence, esp. a balanced, well-constructed, complex sentence

the natural pause in speaking used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence

the mark of punctuation (.) used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence

the dot (.) following many abbreviations

10. Ancient Mathematics

the interval from one repetition to the next of a recurrent or self-duplicating function

11. Music

a group of two or more related phrases ending with a cadence

12. Physics

the interval of time necessary for a regularly recurring motion to make a complete cycle

13. Prosody

a rhythm group of two or more cola in the Greek system

Adjektiv

14.

of or like that of an earlier period or age

period furniture

Interjektion

15. Informal

used to indicate that the preceding statement is the speaker's last, conclusive, word on the subject

be home by midnight or you're grounded, period!

SYNONYMY NOTE: period is the general term for any portion of time; , epoch, era are often used interchangeably, but in strict discrimination , epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes, new developments, etc. and , era, to the entire period [the steam engine marked an epoch in transportation, an era of revolution]; age is applied to a period identified with some dominant personality or distinctive characteristic [the Stone Age]; eon refers to an indefinitely long period [it all happened eons ago]

Wortherkunft von period

ME paryode < MFr periode < L periodus < Gr periodos, a going around, cycle < peri-, around + hodos, way < IE base *sed-, to go > Sans ā-sad-, go toward

Häufigkeit

period in British

(ˈpɪərɪəd )

Substantiv

a portion of time of indefinable length

he spent a period away from home

a portion of time specified in some way

the Arthurian period

Picasso's blue period

(as modifier)

period costume

a nontechnical name for an occurrence of menstruation

4. geology

a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks is formed

the Jurassic period

a division of time, esp of the academic day

6. physics, mathematics

the time taken to complete one cycle of a regularly recurring phenomenon; the reciprocal of frequency

Symbol: T

an interval in which the values of a periodic function follow a certain pattern that is duplicated over successive intervals

sin x = sin (x + 2π), where 2π is the period

7. astronomy

the time required by a body to make one complete rotation on its axis

the time interval between two successive maxima or minima of light variation of a variable star

8. chemistry

one of the horizontal rows of elements in the periodic table. Each period starts with an alkali metal and ends with a rare gas

Compare group (sense 11)

9. Also called: full stop

the punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence that is not a question or exclamation, after abbreviations, etc

10.

a complete sentence, esp a complex one with several clauses

11. Also called: sentence music

a passage or division of a piece of music, usually consisting of two or more contrasting or complementary musical phrases and ending on a cadence

12.

(in classical prosody) a unit consisting of two or more cola

13. rare

a completion or end

Wortherkunft von period

C14 peryod, from Latin periodus, from Greek periodos circuit, from peri- + hodos way

Häufigkeit

period in Electrical Engineering

(pɪəriəd)

Wortformen:(regular plural) periods

Substantiv

(Electrical engineering: Circuits, Electrical power, Computing and control)

A period is the duration between repetitions of a waveform cycle.

Average power is calculated by dividing joules by seconds over a period of one or more whole waveform cycles.

When capturing waveforms with long periods, the total time needed to capture the waveform is dominated by the time it takes the waveform to make the requisite number of repetitions.

A period is the duration between repetitions of a waveform cycle.

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