Dictionary Check: period
"period" is a valid word!
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Definition
noun
an amount of time
Example:
"a time period of 30 years"
noun
the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
noun
(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
noun
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
Example:
"ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"
noun
the end or completion of something
Example:
"death put a period to his endeavors"
noun
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Example:
"the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"
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