trimester
noun/ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/UK/ˈt(ʃ)ɹaɪ.mɛs.təɹ/US
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).
- derived from trimestris
- derived from trimestre
Definitions
A period of three months or about three months
A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
- She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their…
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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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for trimester. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA