Trimester
noun
1.
a term or period of three months.
2.
one of the three approximately equal terms into which the year is divided by some colleges, schools, etc.
noun
1.
a period of three months
2.
(in some US and Canadian universities or schools) any of the three academic sessions
trimester tri·mes·ter (trī-měs’tər, trī’měs’-)
n.
A period of three months.
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