subperiod
noun
sub·pe·ri·od
ˈsəb-ˌpir-ē-əd 
variants
or sub-period
plural subperiods or sub-periods
: a period that is a subdivision of a longer period
… the Ice Age, more precisely, 10,000 years ago or the tail end of the Pleistocene subperiod.—
Robert Carr
Robert CarrLet's look at the subperiods of the 1980s. The first quarter of the decade had to be devoted to fighting against two-digit inflation.—The Christian Science Monitor
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“Subperiod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subperiod. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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