What does trimester mean?

Definitions for trimester
traɪˈmɛs tər, ˈtraɪ mɛs-trimester

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trimesternoun

    a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided

  2. trimesternoun

    one of three divisions of an academic year

Wiktionary

  1. trimesternoun

    A period of three months or about three months.

    She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.

  2. trimesternoun

    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.

    The school operates on a trimester schedule.

  3. Etymology: From trimestre < from trimestris, from tres + mensis.

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  1. trimester

    A trimester is a period of three months, often used to divide the academic year in educational institutions or the stages of pregnancy in obstetrics. It is one-third of a yearly or annual period.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trimesternoun

    a term or period of three months

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trimester in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trimester in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of trimester in a Sentence

  1. Savita Ginde:

    Well you know, a lot of times, especially with the second [ trimester fetuses ], we wo n’t even put water, because it’s so big you can put your hand in there and pick out the parts, so I don’t think it would be as war-torn.

  2. Mike Lawler:

    I think the extremes in both parties are wrong on this. Most Americans believe that there is a reasonable time period, and it generally falls in the first trimester, when you look at this issue, most people want reasonableness and they want a rational discussion on it.

  3. Tatiana Anderson:

    If you smoke in the three months before pregnancy and quit by the end of the first trimester, you have more than a 50 % greater risk of SUID compared to nonsmokers.

  4. Dian Tossy Fogle:

    This can be confirmed, ideally, by a first trimester ultrasound, if the menstrual period is unknown, then an ultrasound may be performed to establish a due date. First trimester ultrasounds are very accurate in determining the due date.

  5. Planned Parenthood:

    Eyal Press writes in The New Yorker. Audm subscribers can listen to that article.)In the rest of today’s newsletter, we look more closely at the 10 states.Furthest alongInitiatives seem most likely to happen soon in two states.In Ohio, a coalition of abortion rights groups is collecting signatures to place an initiative on the ballot this year that would protect access through roughly the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. For now, most abortions remain legal in Ohio, thanks to a court ruling blocking a ban.In South Dakota, organizers are optimistic that they can collect the signatures needed for an initiative next year. It is a compromise measure that would seek to reinstate the minimum access required by the Roe v. Wade decision. All abortions would be legal in the first trimester (roughly 12 weeks), and some would be in the second trimester.Early effortsIn several other states, efforts have begun, but they’re less advanced.In Missouri, advocates have not yet settled on one approach. Some petitions — an early step to putting an initiative on the ballot — would protect most abortion access until 24 weeks of pregnancy. Others would be narrower and let the state enact parental consent laws.In Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a near-total ban, advocates are hoping to place an initiative on the ballot that would allow most abortions until 24 weeks. But the state’s pro-marijuana movement helps highlight the slowness of the effort: Organizers of a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana have already raised $30 million and collected nearly all the required signatures — while organizers of an abortion initiative are just getting started.Arizona has tough rules for ballot initiatives, requiring hundreds of thousands of signatures on a petition.

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