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trimesters

trimesters is the plural of trimester.

Meaning of trimester

Noun

trimester (plural trimesters)

  1. A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
    • She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
  2. 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.
    • The school operates on a trimester schedule.
    Synonyms:
    trisem

Phrases with trimesters

Questions about trimesters

What is trimesters the plural of?
Trimesters is the plural of trimester.

Words near trimesters in the dictionary

  1. trimes
  2. trimesic
  3. trimesic acid
  4. trimesitic acid
  5. trimester
  6. trimesters
  7. trimestral
  8. trimestrial
  9. trimetal
  10. trimetalism
  11. trimetallic

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