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nonperiod

nonperiod adjective: not associated with a (financial or historical) period.

Adjective

nonperiod (not comparable)

  1. Not associated with a (financial or historical) period.
    • By contrast, one of the best parts of the Wrightsman Galleries is a nonperiod room offering a display of Sèvres ceramics, including 10 small pieces of wood furniture decorated with vividly colored ceramic tiles, plaques and panels.2007 November 9, Ken Johnson, “Gilding the Ancien Rgime”, in New York Times

Origin of nonperiod

From non- + period.

Questions about nonperiod

What does nonperiod mean?
Nonperiod means not associated with a (financial or historical) period.
What part of speech is nonperiod?
Nonperiod is an adjective.

Words near nonperiod in the dictionary

  1. nonperfused
  2. nonperfusion
  3. nonpericyclic
  4. nonperimesencephalic
  5. nonperinatal
  6. nonperiod
  7. nonperiodic
  8. nonperiodical
  9. nonperiodically
  10. nonperiodontal
  11. nonperipheral

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