Period (from Greek περίοδος) or periodic may refer to:
- Timeframe, a length or era of time
- Full stop, also called a period – a dot at the end of a sentence
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... literature are in doubt whether Tasso should be placed in the period of the highest development of the Renaissance, or whether he should form a period by himself ... this point of view that some historians have placed Tasso in the literary period generally known under the name of Secentismo, and that others, more moderate ...
... Periodicity, the quality of occurring at regular intervals or periods. ...
... From about 1559 began a period of decadence in Italian literature ... a whole nation is happy in ease without dignity and the tranquil progress of corruption, then no period ever was so happy for Italy as the 140 years ... This period is known in the history of Italian literature as the Secentismo ...
... Archaeologists have been found numerous remains from the Jōmon period and burial mounds from the Kofun period ... During the Nara period, the area was assigned to ancient Atsumi County, and was divided into several shōen during the Heian period ... During the Kamakura period, the area was noted for production of a certain type of pottery ...
... The Asuka period (飛鳥時代, Asuka jidai?), was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710 (or 592-645), although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding ... The Yamato polity evolved greatly during the Asuka period, which is named after the Asuka region, about 25 km south of the modern city of Nara ... The Asuka period is also known for its significant artistic, social, and political transformations, having their origins in the late Kofun period, but largely affected by the arrival of Buddhism from China ...
Famous quotes containing the word period:
“The post-office had a great charm at one period of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“This [new] period of parenting is an intense one. Never will we know such responsibility, such productive and hard work, such potential for isolation in the caretaking role and such intimacy and close involvement in the growth and development of another human being.”
—Joan Sheingold Ditzion and Dennie Palmer (20th century)
“The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry.”
—Ernest Gellner (b. 1925)