repetitorium

repetitorium noun: a private class that augments a university course of studies by reviewing material, typically found in the German system.

Noun (1)

repetitorium (plural repetitoria or repetitoriums)

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
- As will be explained below, students taking repetitoria usually pay for a chunk of hours per subject and this could mean anything between DM 1,000 and 3,000 (approximately ₤1,000) per course on, say, civil law or procedural law etc. Even for those students who follow repetitoria in many courses...2002, B. S. Markesinis, The British Contribution to the Europe of the Twenty-first Century, →ISBN, page 67
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
- The interest is focused on the general procedure, and examples are dealt with as illustrations thereof. It is not a first introduction for newcomers to the subject, but rather a 'repetitorium'.1952, Erwin Schrödinger, Statistical Thermodynamics, page 1

Repetitorium (plural Repetitoriums or Repetitoria)

private review class
- Students who attend university at no cost wind up spending considerable amounts of money for up to two years of Repetitorium.2007, Mary Ann Glendon, Paolo G. Carozza, Michael W. Gordon, Comparative Legal Traditions: Text, Materials, and Cases on Western Law
- An estimated 90 per cent of German law students complement their university studies with a private 'Repetitorium',2013 February, Christine E.J. Schwöbel-Patel, “I'd like to learn what hegemony means: Teaching International Law from a Critical Angle”, in Law and Method
review text
- From the 136 pages of the book, not less than 84 are devoted to chemical physics, of which certain parts are treated elementary, while in the whole and for the reason just stated, most pharmaceutical students outside of the reach of Prof. Curtman's masterly instruction, will have to resort for this...1886, Pharmaceutical Review - Volumes 4-5, page 24
- Dorpfeld was an ardent advocate of elementary social science in the common school, and among his most extensively used school books were the little “ Repetitoriums," covering, in addition to the whole range of the natural sciences, the rudiments of psychology, government, army, the courts, minings...1898, Herman T. Lukens, The Pedagogical Seminary - Volume 5, page 149

Great importance is attached to "repetitoriums," in which the ground of former lectures is glanced rapidly over, bringing out the most important points in the various subjects1890, The Scottish Forestry Journal, page 248:
Law faculties also offer their own university repetitoriums although the majority of students still prefer to attend private institutions.2012, Thomas Lundmark, Charting the Divide Between Common and Civil Law, →ISBN, page 154:
He did this because he was thinking of providing lines to dictate during a repetitorium.2015, Robert R. Clewis, Reading Kant's Lectures, →ISBN, page 171:
We emphasize that this chapter is not an introduction to differential topology, but merely a repetitorium.2007, Markus Banagl, Topological Invariants of Stratified Spaces, →ISBN, page 99:

Borrowed from German Repetitorium, so called because it serves to repeat or review material rather than introduce new topics.

What does repetitorium mean?: Repetitorium means a private class that augments a university course of studies by reviewing material, typically found in the German system.
How do you use repetitorium in a sentence?: Great importance is attached to "repetitoriums," in which the ground of former lectures is glanced rapidly over, bringing out the most important points in the various subjects
What part of speech is repetitorium?: Repetitorium is a noun.
What is the plural of repetitorium?: The plural of repetitorium is repetitoria.

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