verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To divide (history) into periods. transitive
2. 2
   To split (a training program) into segments of a few weeks or months, so that training begins at lower intensity and is gradually increased to high intensity.
3. 3
   To form a periodic function from (a non-periodic function).

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historical datingperiod form

Etymology

From period + -ize.