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period

/ˈpɪɹiəd/ · 6 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. noun

    an amount of time

    a time period of 30 years

  2. noun

    the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon

  3. noun

    (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games

  4. noun

    a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed

    ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods

  5. noun

    the end or completion of something

    death put a period to his endeavors

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