| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | se·mes·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -m s tr |
| NOUN: | One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German, from Latin (cursus) s mstris, (cursus) smnstris, (course) of six months : s-, six (from sex; see s(w)eks in Appendix I) + mnsis, month; see m-2 in Appendix I.
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