semester hour

semester hour
noun Date: 1922 a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester

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  • semester hour — noun a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑credit hour • Hypernyms: ↑credit, ↑course credit * * * noun : a unit of academic credit or load representing an hour a week for an academic semester… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • semester — noun (esp. in the US) ADJECTIVE ▪ first, second ▪ the end of the first semester course ▪ fall, spring, summer ▪ His fall semes …   Collocations dictionary

  • hour — hourless, adj. /oweur, ow euhr/, n. 1. a period of time equal to one twenty fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour. 2. any specific one of these 24 periods, usually reckoned in two series of 12, one …   Universalium

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  • semester — Synonyms and related words: abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, fiscal year, fortnight, hour, leap year, lunar month, lunar… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • credit hour — noun a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester • Syn: ↑semester hour • Hypernyms: ↑credit, ↑course credit * * * noun : the unit of measuring educational credit usually consisting of one weekly period lasting… …   Useful english dictionary

  • quarter hour — noun 1. a. : 15 minutes b. : any of the quarter points of an hour listened apprehensively as the clock chimed successive quarter hours 2. : an hour a week for an academic quarter devoted to class meetings compare semester hour * * * …   Useful english dictionary

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