repetitoria

Noun

repetitorium (plural repetitoria or repetitoriums)

1. A private class that augments a university course of studies by reviewing material, typically found in the German system.
   • A lecture which occupies more than one hour is always divided into two parts, by a break of a quarter of an hour in the middle, in order to prevent any weariness or inattention resulting from a long sitting. Great importance is attached to "repetitoriums," in which the ground of former lectures is...1890, The Scottish Forestry Journal, page 248
2. A text written as a review of material, as opposed to one intended to introduce a topic.
   • Expressed in Professor Schrödinger's own words, it is a "repetitorium." The reader is given a rapid bird's-eye view of the subject with a few of the interesting applications strongly highlighted.1946, General Electric Review - Volume 49, page 66

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