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See also:PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way See also:round, See also:circuit, aepi, round, and &See also:Sis, way, road) , a See also:circuit or course of See also:time, a See also:cycle; particularly the duration of time in which a See also:planet revolves See also:round its See also:sun, or a See also:satellite round its See also:primary, a definite or indefinite recurring See also:interval of time marked by some See also:special or See also:peculiar See also:character, e.g. in See also:history, literature, See also:art, &c.; it is so used of a See also:division of See also:geological time . Particular uses of the word are for the various phases through which a disease passes, the termination or conclusion of any course of events, the pause at the end of a completed See also:sentence, and the See also:mark (.) used to signify the same (see See also:PUNCTUATION) . |
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