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Webster 1913 Edition


Trimester

Tri-mes′ter

,
Noun.
[L.
trimestris
of three months;
tri-
(see
Tri-
) +
mensis
month: cf. F.
trimestre
.]
A term or period of three months.

Definition 2024


Trimester

Trimester

See also: trimester

German

Noun

Trimester n (genitive Trimesters, plural Trimester)

  1. trimester, third part of an academic year

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trimester

trimester

See also: Trimester

English

Noun

trimester (plural trimesters)

  1. A period of three months or about three months.
    She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
  2. 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.
    The school operates on a trimester schedule.

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  • (term of academic year): term

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Danish

Noun

trimester n (singular definite trimestret or trimesteret, plural indefinite trimestre)

  1. trimester

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