A work of art or drama which evokes a particular historical era. / A work which evokes the era in which it was produced, but may not have any other especial features.

(inorganic chemistry) HIO₄ or H₅IO₆, the oxyacids of iodine in which iodine has the highest oxidation number; H₅IO₆ is a white crystalline substance (HIO₄ is not stable), and both are strong oxidizing agents.

the average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant

(astronomy) Synonym of non-periodic

(astronomy) Having an orbital period of less than 200 years, especially said of comets

(music) The musical period of time following the Renaissance, extending roughly between 1600-1750.

The period of time during which ovulation takes place. / The period of time between ovulations.

(physics) A characteristic of the transition of a system or process from regular motion to chaos, in which the period of one of its parameters is seen to double.

The 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912). During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status.

(mathematics) Any function whose value repeats after the regular addition of a period to its independent variable; i.e., a function ƒ such that, for some positive constant p, ƒ(x + p) = ƒ(x) for all x.