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PERIOD OF TIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An amount of time
Example:
Picasso's blue period
Synonyms:
period; period of time; time period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("period of time" is a kind of...):
fundamental measure; fundamental quantity (one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "period of time"):
test period; trial period (a period of time during which someone or something is tested)
time frame (a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur)
grace; grace period (a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor)
hours (an indefinite period of time)
downtime (a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions))
uptime (a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use)
work time (a time period when you are required to work)
time off (a time period when you are not required to work)
bout (a period of illness)
hospitalization (a period of time when you are confined to a hospital)
travel time (a period of time spent traveling)
times (a more or less definite period of time now or previously present)
time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities))
elapsed time (the time that elapses while some event is occurring)
continuance; duration (the period of time during which something continues)
calendar week; week (a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday)
midweek (the middle of a week)
field day (a time of unusual pleasure and success)
life; life-time; lifespan; lifetime (the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death))
life (the period between birth and the present time)
life (the period from the present until death)
millenary; millennium (a span of 1000 years)
bimillenary; bimillennium (a span of 2000 years)
occupation (the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied)
past (a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret))
shelf life (the length of time a packaged food or drug will last without deteriorating)
puerperium (time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved)
lactation (the period following birth during which milk is secreted)
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
calendar day; civil day (a day reckoned from midnight to midnight)
festival (a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration)
day; daylight; daytime (the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside)
forenoon; morn; morning; morning time (the time period between dawn and noon)
dark; night; nighttime (the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside)
night (the time between sunset and midnight)
night (the period spent sleeping)
night (a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom)
eve (the period immediately before something)
evening (the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way)
hebdomad; week (any period of seven consecutive days)
fortnight; two weeks (a period of fourteen consecutive days)
weekend (a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday)
Indian summer; Saint Martin's summer (a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn)
year (the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun)
school; school day; schooltime (the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session)
twelvemonth; year; yr (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days)
year (a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity)
semester (half a year; a period of 6 months)
bimester (a period of 2 months)
Olympiad (one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC)
lustrum (a period of five years)
decade; decennary; decennium (a period of 10 years)
century (a period of 100 years)
quadrennium (a period of four years)
quinquennium (a period of five years)
half-century (a period of 50 years)
quarter-century (a period of 25 years)
quarter (a fourth part of a year; three months)
phase of the moon (a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance)
day (the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis)
calendar month; month (one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year)
mid-January (the middle part of January)
mid-February (the middle part of February)
mid-March (the middle part of March)
mid-April (the middle part of April)
mid-May (the middle part of May)
mid-June (the middle part of June)
mid-July (the middle part of July)
mid-August (the middle part of August)
mid-September (the middle part of September)
mid-October (the middle part of October)
mid-November (the middle part of November)
mid-December (the middle part of December)
time limit (a time period within which something must be done or completed)
term (a limited period of time)
trimester (a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided)
hour (a special and memorable period)
silly season (a time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news)
Golden Age ((classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period)
silver age ((classical mythology) the second age of the world, characterized by opulence and irreligion; by extension, a period secondary in achievement to a golden age)
bronze age ((classical mythology) the third age of the world, marked by war and violence)
iron age ((classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world)
great year; Platonic year (time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years)
regulation time ((sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game)
extra time; overtime (playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie)
season; time of year (one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions)
canicular days; canicule; dog days (the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity)
midwinter (the middle of winter)
season (a recurrent time marked by major holidays)
season (a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field)
age; long time; years (a prolonged period of time)
long haul; long run (a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out)
drought; drouth (a prolonged shortage)
epoch; era (a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event)
generation (the normal time between successive generations)
prehistoric culture; prehistory (the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word)
reign (a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful)
run (the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation)
early days; youth (an early period of development)
dawn (an opening time period)
evening (a later concluding time period)
time (a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something)
nap; sleep (a period of time spent sleeping)
lease; term of a contract (the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect)
half-life; half life (the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate))
lunar time period; tide (there are usually two high and two low tides each day)
phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)
multistage (occurring in more than one stage)
watch (the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty)
peacetime (a period of time during which there is no war)
wartime (a period of time during which there is armed conflict)
duty tour; enlistment; hitch; term of enlistment; tour; tour of duty (a period of time spent in military service)
honeymoon (the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political)
indiction (a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms)
prohibition; prohibition era (the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment)
incubation period (the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease)
rainy day (a (future) time of financial need)
noviciate; novitiate (the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order))
bloom; blossom; efflorescence; flower; flush; heyday; peak; prime (the period of greatest prosperity or productivity)
running time (the length of time that a movie or tv show runs)
clotting time (the time it takes for a sample of blood to clot; used to diagnose some clotting disorders)
air alert (the time period during which military and civilian agencies are prepared for an enemy air attack)
question time (a period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers)
real time ((computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur)
real time (the actual time that it takes a process to occur)
study hall (a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study)
usance (the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange))
window (the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something)
Instance hyponyms:
Bronze Age ((archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons)
Iron Age ((archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons)
Stone Age ((archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements)
Eolithic; Eolithic Age (the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture)
Palaeolithic; Paleolithic; Paleolithic Age (second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,000 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC)
Lower Paleolithic (the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years ago)
Middle Paleolithic (the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BC)
Upper Paleolithic (the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC)
Epipaleolithic; Mesolithic; Mesolithic Age (middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago)
Neolithic; Neolithic Age; New Stone Age (latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere))
Great Schism (the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon)
Context examples:
Pain that can range from mild to severe, and persists or progresses over a long period of time.
(Chronic Pain, NCI Dictionary)
A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per gram per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.
(Microgram per Gram per Day, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per square meter per period of time equal to sixty seconds.
(Microgram per Square Meter per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per square meter per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.
(Milligram per Square Meter per Day, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation expressed in milligram(s) period of time equal to sixty seconds.
(Milligram per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per square meter per period of time equal to sixty minutes.
(Milligram per Square Meter per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per square meter per period of time equal to sixty seconds.
(Milligram per Square Meter per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per square meter per period of time equal to seven days.
(Milligram per Square Meter per Week, NCI Thesaurus)
Scorching temperatures, low precipitation, strong sunlight and low wind speeds allow heat and poor-quality air to stagnate in a given location for an extended period of time.
(Dangers of Concurrent Heat Waves, Air Pollution, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per kilogram per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.
(Milligram per Kilogram per Day, NCI Thesaurus)
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