period

1. A monthly cycle a female goes through, where the lining from the uterus is shed through the vagina. Overall, periods are what enable a woman to produce children; before receiving her firt period, she is unable to. Usually, the period lasts anywhere from 2 to 7 days, and it starts when a girl is usually aged 10 to 14. Women get their monthy period untill around 50 or 60. Although some women can get moody, and receive upper leg cramps and tender breasts throughout their period, not every woman experiences this. 2. Punctuation used to indicate the end of a sentence. The period looks like so; . and can be replaced by an exclamation mark or question mark, which express different emotions in a sentence. A period shows a regular sentence, whereas an exlcamation mark shows surprize or excitement, and a question mark is placed after a question. 3. A certain length of time. "Period" overall is used to describe time; such as "a period of pain." "Span", such as a "span of 4 hours" is a synonym for period.