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• period piece — n. 1. a painting, piece of furniture, novel, etc. considered typical of the period in which it was created; often, specif., one regarded as being of mere historical interest and without lasting artistic merit 2. a novel, film, etc. set in an… …   English World dictionary

• period piece — period ,piece noun count an object or work of art that is typical of the style of an earlier time, especially one that seems old fashioned …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Typical meteorological year — A typical meteorological year (TMY) is a collation of selected weather data for a specific location, generated from a data bank much longer than a year in duration. It is specially selected so that it showcases the range of weather phenomena for… …   Wikipedia

• period — pe|ri|od1 [ pıriəd ] noun count *** 1. ) an amount of time during which something happens: The long dry period ended with torrential rain. period of: A decision has to be made within a period of three months. period of time: They reached these… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• period — I UK [ˈpɪərɪəd] / US [ˈpɪrɪəd] noun [countable] Word forms period : singular period plural periods *** 1) an amount of time during which something happens The long dry period ended with torrential rain. period of: A decision has to be made within …   English dictionary

• Typical Striped Grass Mouse — Taxobox status = LR/lc name = Typical Striped Grass Mouse image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Muridae genus = Lemniscomys species = L. striatus binomial = Lemniscomys striatus… …   Wikipedia

• period*/*/*/ — [ˈpɪəriəd] noun [C] I 1) an amount of time The long dry period ended with heavy rain.[/ex] a period of three months[/ex] 2) the time about once a month when a woman who is not pregnant MENSTRUATES (= loses blood) 3) a part of a school day when a… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• period piece — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms period piece : singular period piece plural period pieces an object or work of art that is typical of the style of an earlier time, especially one that seems old fashioned …   English dictionary

• period piece — noun (C) 1 something that was very modern when it was first made, written etc, but now seems old fashioned 2 a typical example of something, such as a piece of furniture or work of art, from a particular period in history …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Permian Period — Interval of geologic time, 290–248 million years ago. The last of the six periods of the Paleozoic Era, it follows the Carboniferous Period. During the Permian, the continents joined to form a single supercontinent, Pangea. Hot, dry conditions… …   Universalium

• Devonian Period — Interval of geologic time from 417 to 354 million years ago; it was the fourth period of the Paleozoic Era. During the Devonian, a giant continent was situated in the Southern Hemisphere (see Gondwana), and other landmasses were located in the… …   Universalium