PERIOD

Definition of PERIOD

  1. (noun)an amount of time
  2. (noun)the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
  3. (noun)(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
  4. (noun)a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
  5. (noun)the end or completion of something
  6. (noun)the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
  7. (noun)a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations