单词 | seventeen-year locust |
释义 | period /pēˈri-əd/noun
(of eg architecture, furniture or a play) characteristic, representative, imitative of, belonging to or dealing with a past period transitive verb (Shakespeare)To put an end to ORIGIN: Fr période, from L periodus, from Gr periodos, from peri around, and hodos a way periodic /pēr-i-odˈik/ adjective
periodˈical adjective
A magazine or other publication that appears at stated intervals (not usu including newspapers) periodˈicalist noun A person who writes in a periodical periodˈically adverb
periodicity /-disˈ/ noun
periodīzāˈtion or periodīsāˈtion noun Division into periods pēˈriodize or pēˈriodise transitive verb periodical cicada noun An American cicada whose nymphs reach adulthood after seventeen years (also seventeen-year locust) periodic function noun (mathematics) One whose values recur in a cycle as the variable increases periodic law noun The principle that the properties of atoms are periodic functions of their atomic numbers periodic sentence noun A sentence constructed in such a way that it is not until the final clause that the requirements of sense and grammar are met periodic system noun The classification of chemical elements according to the periodic law periodic table noun A table of chemical elements in order of atomic number arranged in horizontal series and vertical groups, showing how similar properties recur at regular intervals periodic wind noun A wind which blows at or for a certain period, eg a trade wind, a monsoon, a land breeze, a sea-breeze period of grace noun A specific time allowed to both parties to a contract to fulfil any obligations arising from that contract period piece noun
the period The current age, or age in question seventeen /sev-n-tēnˈ or sevˈ/noun and adjectiveSeven and ten ORIGIN: OE seofontīene; see seven and ten sevˈenteenth (or /-tēnthˈ/) adjective and noun seventeenthˈly adverb sevˈenteen-hundˈer adjective (Burns) Woven with a reed of 1700 divisions, ie fine linen sevˈenteen-year locust see periodical cicada under period |
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