time period

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time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

period, period of time

fundamental measure, fundamental quantity - one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement

test period, trial period - a period of time during which someone or something is tested

time frame - a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur; "an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame"

hours - an indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours"

downtime - a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)

uptime - a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use

work time - a time period when you are required to work

time off - a time period when you are not required to work; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral"

bout - a period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression"

hospitalization - a period of time when you are confined to a hospital; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization"

travel time - a period of time spent traveling; "workers were not paid for their travel time between home and factory"

times - a more or less definite period of time now or previously present; "it was a sign of the times"

time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"

elapsed time - the time that elapses while some event is occurring

duration, continuance - the period of time during which something continues

calendar week, week - a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday

midweek - the middle of a week

field day - a time of unusual pleasure and success

lifespan, lifetime, life-time, life - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"

life - the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"

life - the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life"

millennium, millenary - a span of 1000 years

bimillenary, bimillennium - a span of 2000 years

occupation - the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"

past - a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"

shelf life - the length of time a packaged food or drug will last without deteriorating

puerperium - time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"

lactation - the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning"

time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state

calendar day, civil day - a day reckoned from midnight to midnight

festival - a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

daylight, daytime, day - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"

forenoon, morn, morning, morning time - the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands"

night, nighttime, dark - the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

night - the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"

night - the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"

night - a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

eve - the period immediately before something; "on the eve of the French Revolution"

evening - the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"

hebdomad, week - any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"

fortnight, two weeks - a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"

weekend - a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday

Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer - a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn

year - the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"

schooltime, school day, school - the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together"

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Minutes passed--minutes that seemed hours--during which time periods of sepulchral silence would be followed by a repetition of the uncanny scraping of naked feet slinking warily upon him.

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* Volume per time period--How much space do the records occupy and for what time period?

Condition critical: developing records retention schedules: hot topics in the records management field warrant a new look at old retention schedules or the need to build a well-planned, comprehensive retention schedule. This ongoing process requires thought, planning, and documentation to ensure the proper maintaining of important records

With the number of nodes doubling in each successive time period, the tree grows to 16 nodes after four years.

How to "excel" at options valuation: build a flexible, spreadsheet-based lattice model for better calculations

In the effect size analysis, it was found that effect sizes on academic achievements (mathematics and Thai combined) were higher than those on desirable characteristics (5 disciplines combined) both in the first and the second time periods. Thus, gain in academic achievement seemed easier to obtain than gain in non-academic desirable personal characteristics.

Constructionism: student learning and development

[DELTA][A.sub.it] = the change in accessibility in grid cell i over time period t

An empirical analysis of the relationship between road development and residential land development

TEI agrees that an automatic consent procedure is appropriate and that the proposed two-year time period is reasonable.

Section 861: adoption of alternative tax book value method for depreciation expense: September 17, 2004

The weekly number of excess deaths in Greater London (the number of deaths exceeding those during the same time period the previous year) peaked at about 4,500 for the week ending 13 December 1952.

A retrospective assessment of mortality from the London smog episode of 1952: the role of influenza and pollution

In her first two weeks, DeGeneres is doing the best of the four firstrun hours; her 2.1 rating in metered markets is a solid 17% higher in the time period than that of September 2002.

Syndie season bows without a standout

Now after compellation of board members appointment time period positions of CDA board members would vacant.

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Please note the time period that the nomination should be based upon is August 2018 to August 2019.

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Compared to this time period in 2017, premiums have increased 10.56 percent, SLTX reported.

2018 Texas Surplus Lines Premium Numbers Surpass 2017 Total

SUKKUR -- Sukkur Deputy Commissioner Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh on directives of Sindh government has announced for general information of all concerned consumers of plastic bags including merchants and manufacturing factories that they should stop usage and sale of plastic bags within given time period of 15 days, otherwise action will be taken against the violators.