ALL meanings of period-revolution
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P p - noun period-revolution a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany. 1
- noun period-revolution any specified division or portion of time: poetry of the period from 1603 to 1660. 1
- noun period-revolution a round of time or series of years by which time is measured. 1
- noun period-revolution a round of time marked by the recurrence of some phenomenon or occupied by some recurring process or action. 1
- noun period-revolution the point of completion of a round of time or of the time during which something lasts or happens. 1
- noun period-revolution Education. a specific length of time during school hours that a student spends in a classroom, laboratory, etc., or has free. 1
- noun period-revolution any of the parts of equal length into which a game is divided. 1
- noun period-revolution the time during which something runs its course. 1
- noun period-revolution the present time. 1
- noun period-revolution the point or character (.) used to mark the end of a declarative sentence, indicate an abbreviation, etc.; full stop. 1
- noun period-revolution a full pause, as is made at the end of a complete sentence; full stop. 1
- noun period-revolution a sentence, especially a well-balanced, impressive sentence: the stately periods of Churchill. 1
- noun period-revolution a periodic sentence. 1
- noun period-revolution an occurrence of menstruation. 1
- noun period-revolution a time of the month during which menstruation occurs. 1
- noun period-revolution Geology. the basic unit of geologic time, during which a standard rock system is formed: comprising two or more epochs and included with other periods in an era. 1
- noun period-revolution Physics. the duration of one complete cycle of a wave or oscillation; the reciprocal of the frequency. 1
- noun period-revolution Music. a division of a composition, usually a passage of eight or sixteen measures, complete or satisfactory in itself, commonly consisting of two or more contrasted or complementary phrases ending with a conclusive cadence; sentence (def 3). 1
- noun period-revolution Astronomy. Also called period of rotation. the time in which a body rotates once on its axis. Also called period of revolution. the time in which a planet or satellite revolves once about its primary. 1
- noun period-revolution Mathematics. See under periodic1 (def 5). 1
- noun period-revolution Classical Prosody. a group of two or more cola. 1
- adjective period-revolution noting, pertaining to, evocative of, imitating, or representing a historical period or the styles current during a specific period of history: period costumes; a period play. 1