periods

pe-ri-ods · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Lengths or portions of time.

  2. 2.

    Punctuation marks (.) used at the end of sentences.

  3. 3.

    Divisions of time in school schedules.

  4. 4.

    Monthly menstrual cycles in women.

Related words

See also: era, period, time
Synonyms: epochs, eras, intervals, phases

Etymology

From Greek periodos meaning "cycle, circuit," from peri- meaning "around" and hodos meaning "way, journey."