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academic quarters

academic quarters is the plural of academic quarter.

Meaning of academic quarter

Noun

academic quarter (plural academic quarters)

  1. The traditional fifteen-minutes discrepancy between the time a university lecture nominally will start (according to schedule) and the time it actually starts, used in some educational institutions.
  2. A trimester.

Questions about academic quarters

What is academic quarters the plural of?
Academic quarters is the plural of academic quarter.

Words near academic quarters in the dictionary

  1. academic freedom
  2. academic freedoms
  3. academic institution
  4. academic institutions
  5. academic quarter
  6. academic quarters
  7. academic question
  8. academic questions
  9. academic weapon
  10. academic weapons
  11. academic year

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