Dictionary of units of measurement. 2015.
semester hour — noun a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑credit hour • Hypernyms: ↑credit, ↑course credit * * * noun : a unit of academic credit or load representing an hour a week for an academic semester… … Useful english dictionary
semester hour — noun Date: 1922 a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester … New Collegiate Dictionary
semester hour — Educ. a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester. [1945 50, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
hour — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French ure, eure, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin hora canonical hour, from Latin, hour of the day, from Greek hōra more at year Date: 13th century 1. a time or office for daily liturgical devotion;… … New Collegiate Dictionary
semester — noun (esp. in the US) ADJECTIVE ▪ first, second ▪ the end of the first semester course ▪ fall, spring, summer ▪ His fall semes … Collocations dictionary
hour — hourless, adj. /oweur, ow euhr/, n. 1. a period of time equal to one twenty fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour. 2. any specific one of these 24 periods, usually reckoned in two series of 12, one … Universalium
hour — Synonyms and related words: abundant year, academic year, annum, bell, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, fateful moment, fiscal year, fortnight, instant,… … Moby Thesaurus
semester — Synonyms and related words: abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, fiscal year, fortnight, hour, leap year, lunar month, lunar… … Moby Thesaurus
credit hour — noun a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester • Syn: ↑semester hour • Hypernyms: ↑credit, ↑course credit * * * noun : the unit of measuring educational credit usually consisting of one weekly period lasting… … Useful english dictionary
quarter hour — noun 1. a. : 15 minutes b. : any of the quarter points of an hour listened apprehensively as the clock chimed successive quarter hours 2. : an hour a week for an academic quarter devoted to class meetings compare semester hour * * * … Useful english dictionary
