Semester vs. Trimester

Semesternoun

Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as fall or spring semester.

Semesternoun

A period or term of six months.

Semesternoun

A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or university which divides the year into two terms.

Semesternoun

one of two divisions of an academic year

Semesternoun

half a year; a period of 6 months

Trimesternoun

A period of three months or about three months; quarter.

Trimesternoun

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.

Trimesternoun

A term or period of three months.

Trimesternoun

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

Trimesternoun

one of three divisions of an academic year