periods

1.

dấu chấm câu, kinh nguyệt

a length or portion of time.

:
he had long periods of depression
2.

dấu chấm câu, kinh nguyệt

the interval of time between successive occurrences of the same state in an oscillatory or cyclic phenomenon, such as a mechanical vibration, an alternating current, a variable star, or an electromagnetic wave.