Dot vs. Period

Dotnoun

A small spot.

Dotnoun

(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.

Dotnoun

A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.

Dotnoun

(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.

Dotnoun

One of the two symbols used in Morse code.

Dotnoun

(obsolete) A lump or clot.

Dotnoun

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.

Dotnoun

A dot ball.

Dotnoun

(MLE) buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun

Dotnoun

A dowry.

Dotverb

(transitive) To cover with small spots (of some liquid).

Dotverb

(transitive) To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

Dotverb

To mark by means of dots or small spots.

Dotverb

To mark or diversify with small detached objects.

Dotverb

(colloquial) To punch (a person).

Dotpreposition

Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

Dotnoun

A marriage portion; dowry.

Dotnoun

A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.

Dotnoun

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.

Dotverb

To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.

Dotverb

To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.

Dotverb

To make dots or specks.

Dot

The United States Department of Transportation.

Dotnoun

a very small circular shape;

Dotnoun

the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

Dotnoun

the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Dotnoun

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Dotverb

scatter or intersperse like dots or studs;

Dotverb

distribute loosely;

Dotverb

make a dot or dots

Dotverb

mark with a dot;

Dotnoun

a small round mark or spot

Dotnoun

a small round mark written or printed as part of an i or j, as one of a series of marks to signify omission, or as a full stop.

Dotnoun

a small round mark used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato.

Dotnoun

the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code.

Dotnoun

used to refer to an object that appears tiny because it is far away

Dotnoun

used to indicate the punctuation separating parts of an email or website address

Dotnoun

a dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband.

Dotverb

mark with a small spot or spots

Dotverb

(of a number of items) be scattered over (an area)

Dotverb

place a dot over (a letter)

Dotverb

mark (a note or rest) to show that the time value is increased by half

Dotverb

hit (someone)

Periodnoun

A length of time.

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

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.

Periodnoun

Female menstruation.

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.

Periodnoun

The length of time for a disease to run its course.

Periodnoun

An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

(geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

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

Periodnoun

(archaic) End point, conclusion.

Periodadjective

Designating anything from a given historical era.

Periodadjective

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

Periodinterjection

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

Periodverb

To come to a period; to conclude.

Periodverb

To put an end to.

Periodnoun

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a division of time, as a series of years, months, or days, in which something is completed, and ready to recommence and go on in the same order; as, the period of the sun, or the earth, or a comet.

Periodnoun

A stated and recurring interval of time; more generally, an interval of time specified or left indefinite; a certain series of years, months, days, or the like; a time; a cycle; an age; an epoch; as, the period of the Roman republic.

Periodnoun

One of the great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial period. See the Chart of Geology.

Periodnoun

The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act; hence, a limit; a bound; an end; a conclusion.

Periodnoun

A complete sentence, from one full stop to another; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious sentence.

Periodnoun

The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word.

Periodnoun

One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals.

Periodnoun

The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission.

Periodnoun

A complete musical sentence.

Periodverb

To put an end to.

Periodverb

To come to a period; to conclude. [Obs.] "You may period upon this, that," etc.

Periodnoun

an amount of time;

Periodnoun

one of three periods of play in hockey games

Periodnoun

a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time;

Periodnoun

the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon

Periodnoun

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;

Periodnoun

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;

Periodnoun

a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed;

Periodnoun

the end or completion of something;