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[ noun ] an amount of time
Synonyms Examples "a time period of 30 years" "hastened the period of time of his recovery" "Picasso's blue period" Used in print (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The temperature was maintained to within about **f for the period_of_time required to make the measurement ( usually about one hour ) . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Until better records have been kept over longer periods_of_time and much more is known about the maximum dimensions , it will be wise to refrain_from drawing conclusions . What data there are on growth indicate considerable variation in rate ; unfortunately , no_one has kept complete records of one individual , whereas many have been made for a very short period_of_time . (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)Any of the antithyroid drugs , of either type , if given in large enough doses for a long period_of_time will cause goitre , owing to inhibition of thyroid_hormone synthesis , with production of hypothyroidism . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)We have emphasized that the modernizing process in each society will take a considerable period_of_time . Related terms measure fundamental_measure year week time season time phase period night century day morning calendar_month season school year decade life life week long_time era weekend fortnight season point term generation year duration life past time_off millennium quarter-century hours incubation_period time_of_life festival youth day watch mid-June running_time flower Indian_summer drought reign half_life night enlistment night prohibition novitiate hour hospitalization silly_season trimester real_time silver_age Bronze_Age occupation lactation middle_paleolithic run bronze_age Golden_Age bimillennium Iron_Age Eolithic_Age Stone_Age iron_age Mesolithic_Age Paleolithic_Age great_year Neolithic_Age semester shelf_life elapsed_time overtime regulation_time dog_days Olympiad bimester midwinter lustrum calendar_day long_run prehistory dawn quarter half-century field_day work_time lease sleep evening tide multistage mid-January phase_of_the_moon peacetime wartime mid-March indiction honeymoon mid-May mid-April mid-February night rainy_day mid-July clotting_time time_frame mid-September mid-August evening puerperium uptime real_time depression mid-November usance study_hall test_period question_time time_limit mid-December lower_paleolithic mid-October upper_paleolithic eve air_alert travel_time window downtime |
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