Hypertext Webster Gateway: "semester"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Semester \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
semester
n 1: one of two divisions of an academic year
2: half a year; a period of 6 months
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