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(time) A length of time.

(era) A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.

(punctuation) (Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

(decisive_end) (figurative) A decisive end to something; a stop.

(periodic) The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.

(menstruation) (euphemism) Female menstruation; an episode of this.

(symptoms) The set of symptoms associated with menstruation, even if not accompanied by menstruation; an episode of these symptoms.

(art) A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.

(school) Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.

(sports) (ice hockey) Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.

(overtime) (ice hockey) One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.

(medicine) (medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course. (19th c.)

(end) (archaic) An end or conclusion; the final point of a process, a state, an event, etc.

(rhetoric) (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.

(stage) (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage. (19th c.)

(chemistry) (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.

(geology) (geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.

(genetics) (genetics) A (Drosophila) gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.

(music) (music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).

(math) (math) The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.

Designating anything from a given historical era. {{rfex|en}}

Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.

(North America) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.

To come to a period; to conclude.

(rare) To put an end to.

(colloquial) To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood.