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  • 1Period — or periodic may refer to:Language and literature* Full stop, a punctuation mark indicating the end of a sentence or phrase * Periodic sentence, a sentence that is not grammatically complete until its end * The final book in Dennis Cooper s George …

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  • 2period — pe·ri·od (pîr’ē əd) n. 1. An interval of time characterized by the occurrence of a certain condition, event, or phenomenon: »a period of economic prosperity. 2. An interval of time characterized by the prevalence of a specified culture, ideology …

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  • 3period — /ˈpɪəriəd / (say pearreeuhd) noun 1. an indefinite portion of time, or of history, life, etc., characterised by certain features or conditions. 2. any specified division or portion of time. 3. Education a specific length of time in a school… …

  • 4Horizontal Analysis — A procedure in fundamental analysis in which an analyst compares ratios or line items in a company s financial statements over a certain period of time. The analyst will use his or her discretion when choosing a particular timeline; however, the… …

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  • 5period — 1. A certain duration or division of time. 2. One of the stages of a disease, e.g., p. of incubation, p. of convalescence. SEE ALSO: stage, phase. 3. Colloquialism for menses. 4. Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the …

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  • 6period — noun 1》 a length or portion of time.     ↘a major division of geological time that is a subdivision of an era and is itself subdivided into epochs. 2》 each of the set divisions of the day in a school. 3》 (also menstrual period) a monthly flow of… …

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  • 7Period (periodic table) — In the periodic table of the elements, a period is a horizontal row of the table.The elements are laid out in a series of rows so that those with similar properties line up in vertical columns: this reflects the periodic recurrence of similar… …

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  • 8horizontal price movement — stock price movement within a narrow price range over an extended period of time which creates the appearance of a relatively straight line on a graph of the stock s price. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 9horizontal analysis — analysis of the same variables over an extended period of time …

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  • 10horizontal blanking interval — F/A/V the time during which the electron beam is turned off so that it can move into position to begin the next scan line; usually a very brief period, lasting between 5 15 microseconds …

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