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full′ stop′, 
  1. period (defs. 10, 11).
  • 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
full stop, full point n
  1. the punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence that is not a question or exclamation, after abbreviations, etcAlso called (esp US and Canadian): period
'full stop' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
decimal point - point - semicolon - stop - period

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