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trimester
noun
A period of three months or about three months; quarter.
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/tɹaɪˈmɛs.tə(ɹ)/ /tɹaɪˈmɛs.təɹ/
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noun
A period of three months or about three months; quarter.
“She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.”
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.”
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She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
The school operates on a trimester schedule.