Period
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Framework senses
- §1
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- §2
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
- §3
- an amount of time
- §4
- the end or completion of something
- §5
- a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
- §6
- (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
- §7
- the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon