Brief+period
11Brief Encounter — Infobox Film name = Brief Encounter writer = Noel Coward Anthony Havelock Allan David Lean Ronald Neame starring = Celia Johnson Trevor Howard Stanley Holloway Joyce Carey Cyril Raymond Everley Gregg director = David Lean producer = Noel Coward… …
12Brief (architecture) — An architectural brief is, in its broadest sense, a requirement a client may have that an architect designs to meet, usually by creating a building to accommodate the requirement(s). A brief is a written document that might be anything from a… …
13period — 1. A certain duration or division of time. 2. One of the stages of a disease, e.g., p. of incubation, p. of convalescence. SEE ALSO: stage, phase. 3. Colloquialism for menses. 4. Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the …
14brief moment — split second, short instant, short period of time …
15Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period — The Temple Mount …
16honeymoon period — noun a) A relatively brief period when a new leader is given greater leeway with respect to changes he or she wishes to make. U.S. Presidents usually get a lot done at the very beginning of their terms, when they have a honeymoon period with… …
17Devonian Period — Interval of geologic time from 417 to 354 million years ago; it was the fourth period of the Paleozoic Era. During the Devonian, a giant continent was situated in the Southern Hemisphere (see Gondwana), and other landmasses were located in the… …
18Heian period — (794–1185) Period of Japanese history named for the capital city of Heian kyō (Kyōto). It is known mainly for the flourishing culture of the court aristocracy, which devoted itself to the pursuit of aesthetic refinement as displayed in poetry and …
19refractory period — n the brief period immediately following the response esp. of a muscle or nerve before it recovers the capacity to make a second response called also refractory phase see ABSOLUTE REFRACTORY PERIOD, RELATIVE REFRACTORY PERIOD * * * (in …
20relative refractory period — n the period shortly after the firing of a nerve fiber when partial repolarization has occurred and a greater than normal stimulus can stimulate a second response called also relative refractory phase compare ABSOLUTE REFRACTORY PERIOD * * * the… …
