SEMESTER HOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semester hour mean? 

• SEMESTER HOUR (noun)
  The noun SEMESTER HOUR has 1 sense:

1. a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester

  Familiarity information: SEMESTER HOUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMESTER HOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

credit hour; semester hour

Hypernyms ("semester hour" is a kind of...):

course credit; credit (recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours)