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Periode — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  • menstruation noun The monthly process in which the lining of the uterus is shed as blood, in females who are not pregnant.
  • period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
  • repeating adjective Happening again and again in the same way.

Senses

Periode is used for these senses in English:

  • age (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
  • menstruation The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
  • period A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. [from 16th c.]
  • period The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. [from 17th c.]
  • period (geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
  • repeating When reading out a repeating decimal, denotes where the periodic part begins.

age — full definition

  1. noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  2. noun A particular period in history, especially one with distinct characteristics.
  3. noun A long, often exaggerated, period of time.
  4. verb To grow older, or to show signs of growing older.
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