semester

Definition of Semester in English :

1. semester

one of two divisions of an academic year

2. semester

half a year; a period of 6 months

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Semester

noun

1.

(in some universities) either of two divisions of the academic year, ranging from 15 to 18 weeks

2.

(in German universities) a session of six months

noun

1.

a six-month period; half year

2.

either of the two terms, of about eighteen weeks each, which usually make up a school or college year

n.

One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year.