Science and Mathematics
- Menstruation, a phase of the menstrual cycle in which the uterine lining is shed
- Orbital period, a concept in astronomy
- Period (gene), a gene in Drosophila involved in regulating circadian rhythm
- Period (geology), a subdivision of geologic time
- Periodic function and periodical, a function that repeats its values in regular intervals
- The period of a periodic function
- Periodic group in group theory
- Periods (ring) — the ring of numbers which can be expressed as integrals of algebraic differential forms over algebraically defined domains
- Pisano period
- Periodic table, a chart which lists all currently known chemical elements
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- Period (periodic table), a horizontal row of the periodic table
- Periodic acid, an oxoacid of iodine
- Period (physics), the time taken for one full oscillation; it is the reciprocal of frequency
- Period of orbit
- Period of time
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