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1Period 2 element — A period 2 element is one of the chemical elements in the second 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… …
2previous to something — phrase in the period before something existed Previous to his present employment he was a bus driver. Thesaurus: before a time or eventsynonym Main entry: previous …
3previous — pre|vi|ous [ priviəs ] adjective only before noun *** a previous event, period, or thing happened or existed before the one you are talking about: This issue was discussed in the previous chapter. Neighbors said they had seen the man in the area… …
4previous */*/*/ — UK [ˈpriːvɪəs] / US [ˈprɪvɪəs] adjective [only before noun] a previous event, period, or thing happened or existed before the one that you are talking about This issue was discussed in the previous chapter. Neighbours said they had seen the man… …
5previous — [[t]pri͟ːviəs[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ: ADJ n A previous event or thing is one that happened or came before the one that you are talking about. She has a teenage daughter from a previous marriage... He has no previous convictions. 2) ADJ: det ADJ You refer …
6previous*/*/*/ — [ˈpriːviəs] adj a previous event, period, or thing happened or existed before the one that you are talking about Mark has two children from a previous marriage.[/ex] All the other guests had arrived the previous day.[/ex] No previous experience… …
7Previous Balance Method — A finance/accounting method that bases costs (and interest) on the amounts owing from the previous time period. Most credit cards use this system: whatever your spent last month is owed this month …
8previous to something — in the period before something existed Previous to his present employment he was a bus driver …
9previous balance — /ˌpri:viəs bæləns/ noun a balance in an account at the end of the accounting period before the current one …
10lunisolar period — noun : a period of 532 years at the end of which in the Julian calendar the new and full moons and the eclipses recur on the same days of the week, month, and year as in the previous period …