пери́од — meaning in English
period
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English meaning
- bout noun A short period of an activity, especially something difficult like an illness or a fight.
- epoch noun A distinct period of time in history, especially one marked by particular events or characteristics.
- period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
- phase noun A distinct stage in a process or sequence of change.
- span noun The distance or length between two points, edges, or supports.
- spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
Senses
пери́од is used for these senses in English:
- bout A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.
- epoch A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.
- 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 (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements. [from 19th c.]
- period (geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
- phase That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
- span (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
epoch — full definition
- noun A distinct period of time in history, especially one marked by particular events or characteristics.
- noun Geology: a division of geological time shorter than a period.