trimester

trimester
noun /ˈtɹaɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/
a) A period of three months or about three months.

She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.

b) 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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  • Trimester — (lat.: tri ‚drei‘ und mensis ‚Monat‘ bzw. trimestris ‚dreimonatig‘) steht für: einen Zeitabschnitt von drei Monaten, siehe Quartal die Aufteilung des Studienjahres in vier Abschnitte zu je drei Monaten, siehe Trimester (Studium) ein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Trimester — Tri*mes ter, n. [L. trimestris of three months; tri (see {Tri }) + mensis month: cf. F. trimestre.] A term or period of three months. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • trimester — trimester. См. триместр. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Trimester — (v. gr.), eine Zeit von drei Monaten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Triméster — (lat.), Zeit von drei Monaten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Triméster — (lat.), Zeit von 3 Monaten …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • trimester — 1821, period of three months, from Fr. trimestre (early 17c.), from L. trimestris of three months, from tri three + mensis month (see MOON (Cf. moon) (n.)). Specific obstetrics sense is attested from 1916 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Trimester — [Aufbauwortschatz (Rating 1500 3200)] Auch: • Semester Bsp.: • Das Herbstsemester hat begonnen …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • trimester — ► NOUN 1) a period of three months, especially as a division of the duration of pregnancy. 2) N. Amer. each of the three terms in an academic year. DERIVATIVES trimestral adjective trimestrial adjective. ORIGIN Latin trimestris, from tri three +… …   English terms dictionary

  • trimester — [trī mes′tər, trī′mes΄tər] n. [Fr trimestre < L trimestris, of three months < tri , three + mensis, month: see MOON] 1. a period or term of three months; specif., any of the three three month periods of a human pregnancy 2. in some colleges …   English World dictionary

  • Trimester — The nine months of pregnancy is traditionally divided into three trimesters: distinct periods of roughly three months in which different phases of fetal development take place. The first trimester is a time of basic cell differentiation. It is… …   Medical dictionary

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