Span vs. Period

Spannoun

The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

Spannoun

(by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.

Spannoun

The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.

Spannoun

The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.

Spannoun

(nautical) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

Spannoun

A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.

Spannoun

(mathematics) The space of all linear combinations of something.

Spanverb

To traverse the distance between.

Spanverb

To cover or extend over an area or time period.

Spanverb

To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.

Spanverb

(mathematics) to generate an entire space by means of linear combinations

Spanverb

To be matched, as horses.

Spanverb

To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.

Span

imp. & p. p. of Spin.

Spannoun

The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

Spannoun

Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.

Spannoun

The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.

Spannoun

A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

Spannoun

A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.

Spanverb

To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.

Spanverb

To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.

Spanverb

To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.

Spanverb

To be matched, as horses.

Spannoun

the complete duration of something;

Spannoun

the distance or interval between two points

Spannoun

two items of the same kind

Spannoun

a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)

Spannoun

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

Spannoun

the act of sitting or standing astride

Spanverb

to cover or extend over an area or time period;

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;