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periodisation

periodisation is the alternative form of periodization.

Meaning of periodization

Noun

periodization (countable and uncountable, plural periodizations)

  1. The process of categorizing something (e.g. history) into named periods.
  2. Training in segments of a few weeks or months, so that training begins at lower intensity and is gradually increased to high intensity.
  3. The operation of forming a periodic function from a non-periodic function.

Forms of periodisation

pluralperiodisations

Questions about periodisation

What is periodisation the alternative form of?
Periodisation is the alternative form of periodization.

Words near periodisation in the dictionary

  1. periodinate
  2. periodinated
  3. periodination
  4. perioding
  5. periodiole
  6. periodisation
  7. periodisations
  8. periodise
  9. periodised
  10. periodises
  11. periodising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: periodisation (page history and authors); periodization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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