Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A period or term of three months.
- n. One of three terms into which an academic year is divided in some universities and colleges.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A term or period of three months.
Wiktionary
- n. A period of three months or about three months.
- n. One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A term or period of three months.
WordNet 3.0
- n. one of three divisions of an academic year
- n. a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided
Etymologies
- From French trimestre < from Latin trimestris ("of three months"), from trēs ("three") + mensis ("month"). (Wiktionary)
- French trimestre, from Latin trimēstris, trimēnstris, of three months : tri-, tri- + mēnsis, month. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“You may hear the word trimester period of three months a lot while you’re pregnant.”
“Exposure in the first trimester is particularly toxic, and unfortunately this is often before many women realize they are pregnant.”
“Pregnant couples are “supposed to” hang on to their secret until the first trimester is over.”
“Potentiality during the first trimester is weak, particularly among older women.”
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“I do believe you could find definately find a majority that would concur that third trimester abortions are killing, and I believe you could even find a majority that believe second trimester is killing.”
“The 3rd trimester is 28 weeks, and at that point you have a baby.”
“For the record, I think that aborting anything past the first trimester is a seriously bad idea.”
“And, whoever said 2nd trimester is the honeymoon period probably also didn’t fight in their first year of marriage, doesn’t go to bed angry, and has kids who sleep.”
“In fact, many scientists believe even the fetus cannot feel pain until the third trimester, which is after about 99 percent of abortions are performed.”
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“As for the mainstream part: according to Zogby, only 4% of Americans support elective abortion aka “abortion on demand” through the second trimester, which is the law under Roe and its progeny.”
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