Look up: Period

1. Period
   The elements in a horizontal row of the periodic table.
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2. Period
   The period is the basic unit of geological time in which a single type of rock system is formed, lasting tens of millions of years.
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3. Period
   a designated length of time in history.
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4. Period
   When all the facets of a production are carefully aimed towards representing a specific period in history.
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5. Period
   One of the important designations of time - a segment of the time beam with a finite length; the interval of time required for a periodic motion of phenomenon to complete a cycle and being to repeat itself; a chronological division as of a course, a development, a life; as the sporulation period.
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6. Period
   A second order geological time unit.
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7. period
   [n] - a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time 2. [n] - the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon 3. [n] - one of three periods of play in hockey games 4. [n] - a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed 5. [n] - the end or completion of something 6. [n] - a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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8. Period
   The interval between successive occurrences of a cyclical event.
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9. Period
   the time required for one cycle in a periodic waveform. Period is the inverse of frequency.
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10. Period
    The length of time for which, or end date until, the initial interest rate applies.
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11. Period
    The time taken for a full cycle of motion in a system executing harmonic motion. If the motion is at a single frequency f (i.e. sinusoidal) the period T is given by:whereT = period [s]f = frequency [Hz]? = angular velocity [rads^-1]
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12. Period
    The elements in a horizontal row of the periodic table.
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13. period
    Rows in the periodic table are called periods. For example, all of the elements in the second row are referred to as 'second period elements'. All elements currently known fall in the first seven periods.
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14. Period
    a series of elements, arranged in order of atomic number represented by a horizontal row on the Periodic Table.
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15. Period
    The horizontal rows in the periodic table.
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16. Period
    a unit of geological time, for example the Devonian Period
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17. Period
    Time taken to complete one revolution of the satellite orbit.
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18. period
    Each group of three digits separated by commas in a multidigit number
    Example:
    Period Period Period
    Millions Thousands Ones
    Hundreds Tens Ones Hundreds Tens Ones Hundreds Tens Ones
    8 5, 6 4 3, 9 0 0
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19. Period
    Menstruation
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20. period
    used to describe regularities of recurrence in ordered series, sometimes rather vaguely. Strictly, the word should relate to a period in the mathematical sense, that is to say, a term u (t) has period omega if u (t+omega)= u (t) for all t; and if a series can be analysed into a sum of such functions, the corresponding set of omega`s are the periods of the series Category: Mathematics •â€¦
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21. period
    Belonging to a particular time. A 'Sheraton period' table, for example, dates from Sheraton's time, whereas a 'Sheraton style' table is a later piece made in Sheraton style.
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22. Period
    Definition (keystage 3) The length of time a system takes to go through one cycle of its motion. <br /> Period has dimensions T, and SI unit s.
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23. period
    Drosophila gene regulating circadian rhythm. Expressed in CNS, Malpighian tubules, and a number of other tissues. Per contains a PAS structural domain, a nuclear localization sequence and a cytoplasmic localization domain that restricts it to the cytoplasm in the absence of Tim (product of timeless > timeless) with which it forms a heterodimer.
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24. Period
    Pe"ri·od noun [ Latin periodus , Greek ... a going round, a way round, a circumference, a period of time; ... round, about + ... a way: confer French période .] 1. A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a division of time, as a series of years, months, or days, in which something …
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25. Period
    Pe"ri·od transitive verb To put an end to. [ Obsolete] Shak.
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