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credit hour

credit hour noun: a course credit based on the number of contact hours per week in class, for one given term or semester.

Noun

credit hour (plural credit hours)

  1. (US) A course credit based on the number of contact hours per week in class, for one given term or semester.

Forms of credit hour

pluralcredit hours

Questions about credit hour

What does credit hour mean?
Credit hour means a course credit based on the number of contact hours per week in class, for one given term or semester.
What part of speech is credit hour?
Credit hour is a noun.
What is the plural of credit hour?
The plural of credit hour is credit hours.

Words near credit hour in the dictionary

  1. credit events
  2. credit facilities
  3. credit facility
  4. credit histories
  5. credit history
  6. credit hour
  7. credit hours
  8. credit institution
  9. credit institutions
  10. credit life insurance
  11. credit limit

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