during a particular period
11period — ► NOUN 1) a length or portion of time. 2) a distinct portion of time with particular characteristics. 3) a major division of geological time, forming part of an era. 4) a lesson in a school. 5) (also menstrual period) a monthly flow of blood and… …
12period — [[t]pɪ͟əriəd[/t]] ♦♦ periods 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A period is a length of time. This crisis might last for a long period of time. ...a period of a few months. ...for a limited period only. 2) N COUNT: with supp A period in the life of a… …
13period — pe|ri|od1 [ pıriəd ] noun count *** 1. ) an amount of time during which something happens: The long dry period ended with torrential rain. period of: A decision has to be made within a period of three months. period of time: They reached these… …
14period — I UK [ˈpɪərɪəd] / US [ˈpɪrɪəd] noun [countable] Word forms period : singular period plural periods *** 1) an amount of time during which something happens The long dry period ended with torrential rain. period of: A decision has to be made within …
15period — pe|ri|od1 W1S3 [ˈpıəriəd US ˈpır ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(length of time)¦ 2¦(life/history)¦ 3¦(blood)¦ 4¦(mark)¦ 5¦(school)¦ 6¦(sports)¦ 7¦(for emphasis)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: période, fro …
16period — pe•ri•od [[t]ˈpɪər i əd[/t]] n. 1) an extent of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc.: a period of illness; a period of social unrest[/ex] 2) a specific division or portion of time: the postwar period[/ex] 3) a round… …
17Period 1 element — A period 1 element is one of the chemical elements in the first row (or period) of the periodic table of the chemical elements. The periodic table is laid out in rows to illustrate recurring (periodic) trends in the chemical behaviour of the… …
18Fichte and Schilling: the Jena period — Daniel Breazeale FROM KANT TO FICHTE An observer of the German philosophical landscape of the 1790s would have surveyed a complex and confusing scene, in which individuals tended to align themselves with particular factions or “schools,”… …
19Silurian Period — Interval of geologic time, 443–417 million years ago. The third period of the Paleozoic Era, the Silurian follows the Ordovician Period and precedes the Devonian. It marks the first appearance of land plants and jawed fishes. The continents were… …
20Witch trials in the Early Modern period — Punishments for witchcraft in 16th century Germany. Woodcut from Tengler s Laienspiegel, Mainz, 1508. The Witch trials in the Early Modern period were a period of witch hunts between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries,[1] when across Early… …
