semester

Pronunciation:		si'mestur
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] half a year; a period of 6 months [n] one of two divisions of an academic year

	See Also:	academic session, academic term, academic year, period, period of time, school term, school year, session, time period

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Se*mes"ter\, n. [G., from L. semestris half-yearly; sex six + mensis a month.] A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.

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