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Definition: Rest Period |
Rest PeriodNoun1. A pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Rest PeriodSynonyms: relief (n), respite (n), rest (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rest Period |
| English words defined with "rest period": balance of international payments, balance of payments ♦ piece ♦ spell ♦ while. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rest period": accession CA, accession compensatory amount, alcohol rubber, ANALYST, FOOD AND BEVERAGE ♦ block time ♦ COOLING-ROOM ATTENDANT ♦ Great Red Spot ♦ hoisting cycle ♦ person temporarily absent ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, research worker, kitchen, rest time rules ♦ slumber-room attendant, summertime period ♦ the 11-hour rule ♦ weekly day off, weekly rest day. (references) |
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![]() | "Returning to bombline off coast of Korea after a short rest period in Yokosuka, Japan." (Quoted from the original caption). The photo is dated November 1953, but was actually taken during Manchester's first two Korean War tours, 1950-52. All of her 6-inch gun turrets, four of her 5"/38 gun mounts and all of her main and secondary gun directors are trained on the port beam.Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Youngsters during a rest period, Radburn, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Youngsters during a rest period, Radburn, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | White Plains, Greene County, Georgia. Rest period in school.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. During a rest period at the gas mask factory.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Arden, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Gaylord White, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Rest period.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Take short naps or breaks, rather than one long rest period. (references) | |
Do not feel that you have to do everything you normally do. Try to get more sleep at night, and plan your day so that you have time to rest if you need it. Several short naps or breaks may be more helpful than a long rest period. (references) | ||
Economic History | Honduras | There is a requirement for at least one 24-hour rest period every week. (references) |
Zimbabwe | The workweek averages 40 hours, but can go as high as 60. The law mandates a 24-hour rest period each week. (references) | |
Bahamas | The next pay raise is not scheduled until 2003. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires at least one 24-hour rest period per week, paid annual vacations, and employer contributions to National Insurance (social security). (references) | |
Political Economy | TUNISIA | Most business sectors observe a 48-hour workweek, with one 24-hour rest period. (references) |
BELGIUM | By law, the standard workweek cannot exceed 40 hours and must include at least one 24-hour rest period. (references) | |
FINLAND | Employees working in shifts or during the weekend are entitled to a 24-hour rest period during the week. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Rwanda | There is no mandated rest period. (references) |
Malaysia | Each workweek must include a 24-hour rest period. (references) | |
Congo | One 24-hour rest period is required every 7 days. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "rest period"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | sammenhængende hviletid (uninterrupted rest period). (various references) | ||||
Dutch | aaneengesloten rustperiode (uninterrupted rest period). (various references) | ||||
French | repos ininterrompu (uninterrupted rest period). (various references) | ||||
German | ruhezeit (off season, rest, rest time rules, the 11-hour rule). (various references) | ||||
Greek | συνεχής χρόνος ανάπαυσης (uninterrupted rest period). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | pihenõ idõ (leisure time). (various references) | ||||
Italian | riposo (quietness, refreshment, relaxation, repose, rest, rest and de-energised, rest and de-energized). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 昼休み (lunch break, noon recess, noon rest period). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | ひるやすみ (lunch break, noon recess, noon rest period). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | estray eriodpay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: portieres, presorted, proteides, redeposit, reposited, roistered. | |
-2 letters: destrier, diopters, dioptres, dopester, epidotes, peridots, pierrots, poetised, poetiser, poetries, portered, portiere, preedits, presider, priested, proteide, proteids, reported, reprised, resorted, respired, respited, restored, riposted, roperies, sportier, topsider. | |
-3 letters: deports, deposer, deposit, derries, desirer, despite, diester, dieters, diopter, dioptre, disport, dopiest, dorpers, editors, epidote, episode, oersted, oreides. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: misreported. | |
+2 letters: depreciators, madreporites, pteridosperm. | |
+3 letters: predestinator, premeditators, pteridosperms, redemptioners, redescription, reproductives, superordinate. | |
+4 letters: hermaphrodites, hydrotherapies, hypermodernist, predestinators, preordainments, radiotherapies, redescriptions. | |
+5 letters: daguerreotypies, daguerreotypist, hypermodernists, preponderations, proletarianised, radiotelegraphs, thermoperiodism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 74      50 65 72 69 6F 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s t   P e r i o d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0074      0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527185862507184758170 |
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