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Trimester vs Trimestral - What's the difference?

trimester | trimestral |

As a noun trimester

is trimester, third part of an academic year.

As an adjective trimestral is

(rare) of trimesters or the use thereof.

trimester

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A period of three months or about three months.
    • 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.

    Coordinate terms

    * (term of an academic year) quarter, semester

    Holonyms

    * (term of academic year) academic year

    Hypernyms

    * (term of academic year) term

    Anagrams

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    trimestral

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare) Of trimesters or the use thereof.
    • The school found that a trimestral system mitigated some of the problems caused by its high student turnover.

    Usage notes

    * This adjective is disproportionately used by Spanish speakers, who use it to translate Spanish trimestral. ----