trimesternoun [ C ]
uk/trɪˈmes.tər//traɪˈmes.tər/us/traɪˈmes.tɚ//ˈtraɪ.mes.tɚ/a three-month period
any of the three three-month periods that a human pregnancy is divided into:
The second trimester is generally the easiest part of a pregnancy.
US any of the three-month periods into which the school or college year is sometimes divided:
Many students arrange internships or work-study placements during the second trimester.
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Specific periods of time
- around-the-clock
- British Summer Time
- BST
- calendar month
- daylight saving time
- depth
- generation
- hr
- hundred
- Jurassic
- lunar month
- microsecond
- midpoint
- nightlong
- Q, q
- quarter
- Quaternary
- response time
- s
- year-long
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