TRIMESTER

trimester

(noun) one of three divisions of an academic year

trimester

(noun) a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

trimester (plural trimesters)

A period of three months or about three months.

One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.

Hypernyms

• (term of academic year): term

Holonyms

• (term of academic year): academic year

Coordinate terms

• (term of an academic year): quarter, semester

Anagrams

• remitters, trimeters, trimetres

Source: Wiktionary


Tri*mes"ter, n. Etym: [L. trimestris of three months; tri- (see Tri-) + mensis month: cf. F. trimestre.]

Definition: A term or period of three months.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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