period vs term

period

noun
  • A length of time. 

  • The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation). 

  • One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period. 

  • A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. 

  • A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. 

  • The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. 

  • An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc. 

  • A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. 

  • A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs. 

  • Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity. 

  • Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided. 

  • A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm. 

  • The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length. 

  • Female menstruation; an episode of this. 

  • A row in the periodic table of the elements. 

  • A decisive end to something; a stop. 

  • Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase). 

intj
  • That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story. 

adj
  • Designating anything from a given historical era. 

  • Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery. 

term

noun
  • A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan. 

  • A computer program that emulates a physical terminal. 

  • Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made. 

  • The time during which legal courts are open. 

  • Certain days on which rent is paid. 

  • Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length. 

  • The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice. 

  • Relations among people. 

  • That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus. 

  • A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept. 

  • Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table. 

  • The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force. 

  • A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. 

  • An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart. 

  • A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal. 

  • With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception). 

  • One whose employment has been terminated 

  • Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year. 

  • Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract. 

verb
  • To phrase a certain way; to name or call. 

  • To terminate one's employment 

adj
  • Born or delivered at term. 

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