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Meaning of TRIMESTER

Pronunciation:  trI'mestur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  one of three divisions of an academic year
  2. [n]  a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided
 
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 See Also: academic session, academic term, academic year, first trimester, gestation, gestation period, period, period of time, school term, school year, second trimester, session, third trimester, time period

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tri*mes"ter\, n. [L. trimestris of three months; tri-
(see {Tri-}) + mensis month: cf. F. trimestre.]
A term or period of three months.
 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: a period of three months.
 

 

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