academic term
Noun 1. the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term" (synonym) school term, academic session, session (hypernym) term (hyponym) summer school (part-holonym) school year, academic year | ||||
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Academic term
An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called 'terms', 'semesters', 'quarters', or 'trimesters', depending on the institution and the country.
Institutions often have two semesters (four-month terms, though it literally means "six months") in an academic year, each lasting between 15 and 18 weeks. A quarter (three-month term) lasts between 8 and 12 weeks, and there are typically four per year. Other permutations are sometimes used – for example, two semesters each divided into two quarters, four quarters, or even three semesters.
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