Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
periodontics
perionychium
periosteum
periostitis
periostracum
periotic
Peripatetic
peripatetic
peripatus
peripheral
peripheral nerve entrapment syndrome
peripheral nervous system
periphery
periphery region
periphrasis
periphrastic
periphyton
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

periodic sentence
pe·ri·od·ic sen·tence (plural pe·ri·od·ic sen·tenc·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
complex rhetorical sentence: in rhetoric, a complex sentence in which the main clause is left unfinished until the end in order to create the effect of anticipation or suspense
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft