Période.
ETYM Old Fren. duration. Related to Dure.
1. Continuance in time; SYN. length.
2. The period of time during which something continues; SYN. continuance.
3. The property of enduring or continuing in time; SYN. continuance.
ETYM French terme, Latin termen, -inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end.
In architecture, a pillar in the form of a pedestal supporting the bust of a human or animal figure. Such objects derive from Roman boundary marks sacred to Terminus, the god of boundaries.
1. A limited period of time.
2. A word or expression used for some particular thing.
3. Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial.
4. One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition.
5. The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; SYN. full term.