(accounting) A system of assessing a business' inventory in which updates are made on a periodic basis, so that a completely accurate account is only available immediately after the update.

Alternative form of periodic comet

Alternative spelling of quasiperiodic

A period during which a telecommunications service remains in an operational state.

(psychology) A delay to the second response to two closely-spaced stimuli

A length of time in which the two sides to a purchase agreement, or contract can think things over and cancel with no penalty. This period is often stipulated by national law. In the UK it is currently (2008) 14 days. In many countries it is 10 days.

plural of short-period comet

(astronomy) Any periodic comet with an orbital period of less than 200 years.

A time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region that may have been related to other climate events around the world during that time, and which lasted from about 950 to 1250.

plural of short period comet