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==Common uses== | ==Common uses== | ||
* [[Period (punctuation)]] | * [[Period (punctuation)]] | ||
* [[Era]], | * [[Era]], length or span of time | ||
** [[Periodization]], classifying particular lengths of time into distinct historiographic or artistic periods | |||
** [[List of time periods]] | |||
** [[History by period]] | |||
*[[Menstruation]], commonly referred to as a "period" | *[[Menstruation]], commonly referred to as a "period" | ||
==Arts, entertainment, and media== | ==Arts, entertainment, and media== | ||
* [[Period (music)]], | * [[Period (music)]], concept in musical composition | ||
* [[Periodic sentence]] | * [[Periodic sentence]] or rhetorical period, concept in grammar and literary style | ||
* | * [[Period drama]], dramatic film or television production set in a historical period | ||
* ''[[Period (Another American Lie)]]'', 1987 album by B.A.L.L. | |||
* ''[[Period (Another American Lie)]]'', | * [[Period (Kesha album)|''Period'' (Kesha album)]], 2025 | ||
* [[Period (Kesha album)|''Period'' (Kesha album)]], | * [[Period (mixtape)|''Period'' (mixtape)]], 2018 City Girls mixtape | ||
* [[Period (mixtape)|''Period'' (mixtape)]], | * ''Period'', novel in Dennis Cooper's [[Dennis Cooper#George Miles Cycle|''George Miles'' cycle]] | ||
* ''Period'', | * ''[[Periods.]]'', comedy film series | ||
* ''[[Periods.]]'', | |||
==Mathematics== | ==Mathematics== | ||
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== Science == | == Science == | ||
* [[Period (gene)]], | * [[Period (gene)]], gene in ''Drosophila'' involved in regulating circadian rhythm | ||
* [[Period (periodic table)]], | * [[Period (periodic table)]], horizontal row of the periodic table | ||
* "Period-" or "per-iod-", | * "Period-" or "per-iod-", chemical prefix where "per" refers to oxidation state and "iod" refers to [[iodine]] | ||
* [[Unit of time]] or timeframe | * [[Unit of time]] or timeframe | ||
**[[Period (geology)]], | **[[Period (geology)]], subdivision of geologic time | ||
**[[Period (physics)]], the duration of time of one cycle in a repeating event | **[[Period (physics)]], the duration of time of one cycle in a repeating event | ||
** [[Orbital period]], the time needed for one object to complete an orbit around another | ** [[Orbital period]], the time needed for one object to complete an orbit around another | ||
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== Other uses == | == Other uses == | ||
* [[Period (school)]], a | * [[Period (school)]], block of time allocated for a specific course or other purpose | ||
* [[Period (ice hockey)]] | * [[Playing period]], a division of playing time in games and sport | ||
**[[Period (ice hockey)]] | |||
* [[Accounting period]], often shortened to "period" in business, an accounting timeframe analogous to a month | * [[Accounting period]], often shortened to "period" in business, an accounting timeframe analogous to a month | ||
* ''[[Periodt]]'', slang of ''period'' used as an interjection | * ''[[Periodt]]'', slang of ''period'' used as an interjection | ||
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* [[Full stop (disambiguation)]] | * [[Full stop (disambiguation)]] | ||
* [[Periodicity (disambiguation)]] | * [[Periodicity (disambiguation)]] | ||
{{disambiguation}} | {{disambiguation}} | ||
Latest revision as of 23:36, 4 July 2025
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Common uses
- Period (punctuation)
- Era, length or span of time
- Periodization, classifying particular lengths of time into distinct historiographic or artistic periods
- List of time periods
- History by period
- Menstruation, commonly referred to as a "period"
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Period (music), concept in musical composition
- Periodic sentence or rhetorical period, concept in grammar and literary style
- Period drama, dramatic film or television production set in a historical period
- Period (Another American Lie), 1987 album by B.A.L.L.
- Period (Kesha album), 2025
- Period (mixtape), 2018 City Girls mixtape
- Period, novel in Dennis Cooper's George Miles cycle
- Periods., comedy film series
Mathematics
- In a repeating decimal, the length of the repetend
- Period of a function, length or duration after which a function repeats itself
- Period (algebraic geometry), numbers that can be expressed as integrals of algebraic differential forms over algebraically defined domains, forming a ring
Science
- Period (gene), gene in Drosophila involved in regulating circadian rhythm
- Period (periodic table), horizontal row of the periodic table
- "Period-" or "per-iod-", chemical prefix where "per" refers to oxidation state and "iod" refers to iodine
- Unit of time or timeframe
- Period (geology), subdivision of geologic time
- Period (physics), the duration of time of one cycle in a repeating event
- Orbital period, the time needed for one object to complete an orbit around another
- Rotation period, the time needed for one object to complete a revolution
- Wavelength, the spatial period of a periodic wave
- Sentence (linguistics), especially when discussing complex sentences in Latin syntax
Other uses
- Period (school), block of time allocated for a specific course or other purpose
- Playing period, a division of playing time in games and sport
- Accounting period, often shortened to "period" in business, an accounting timeframe analogous to a month
- Periodt, slang of period used as an interjection