Phrase Hound found 90 phrases and 26 compound words that contain period. The most common are listed below. Open period in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 90
- time periodThe length of time during which an activity occurs or a condition remains, which may be measured either in seconds or in millions of years, depending upon the nature of the activity or condition being considered.
- period of timeSynonym of time period: The length of time during which an activity occurs or a condition remains, which may be measured either in seconds or in millions of years, depending upon the nature of the activity or condition being considered.
- grace periodA length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred.
- probationary periodA period during which a new employee is monitored to assess his/her capability.
- short-periodHaving an orbital period of less than 200 years, especially said of comets
- incubation periodThe time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.
- notice periodThe time period between the receipt of the letter of dismissal and the last working day.
- free periodA school period in which a student has free time, i.e., is not enrolled in a class.
- accounting periodA regular period of time, as a month, quarter, or year, for which an operative statement is drawn up.
- Third PeriodAccording to an obsolete theory, a period shortly after the Great Depression in which capitalism would be marked by further crises and then soon collapse.
- waiting periodA certain amount of time of required delay before some other action is allowed.
- long-periodSynonym of non-periodic: Taking over 200 years to complete an orbit; especially said of comets.
- Late PeriodThe period of Egyptian history from the end of the Third Intermediate Period to the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great (the 26th through 31st dynasties), characterized by alternating periods of native and Persian rule.
- First Period
- Pay period
- Second period
- Transition period
- Migration PeriodThe age of mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages, circa 376 to 800 CE.
- Trial Period
- Question PeriodIn the federal and provincial parliaments, a period of regularly scheduled time in the lower chamber during which members of the official opposition party and other members may direct questions to the prime minister and to cabinet …
- Study period
- cooling-off periodA length of time in which the two sides to a purchase agreement or contract can consider and contemplate it and cancel without a penalty.
- period painPain felt in the abdomen during menstruation.
- period dramaA work of the screen that evokes a particular historical period.
- Class period
Compound words 26
- photoperiodThe normal duration of natural daylight experienced by an organism; daylength.
- periodogramA graph used in the harmonic analysis of spectra, time series etc.
- periodizeTo divide (history) into periods.
- subperiodA period making up part of a larger period.
- hydroperiodThe period of time during which a wetland is covered by water.
- periodtUsed to underscore a statement or indicate that it is not open to dispute.
- periodlikeResembling a period (time of menstruation).
- intraperiodWithin a single period.
- nonperiodNot associated with a (financial or historical) period.
- pseudoperiodA solution function that is not technically periodic, but nevertheless displays repetitive behavior.