Definition of Semestrial

1. Adjective. Occurring every six months or during every period of six months.

Exact synonyms: Semestral
Similar to: Periodic, Periodical
Derivative terms: Semester, Semester, Semester

Definition of Semestrial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semestrial

semes
semese
semester
semester hour
semester hours
semesters
semestral
semestre
semestrial (current term)
semi
semi-
semi-Fowler's
semi-abstraction
semi-algorithm
semi-algorithms
semi-annually
semi-apochromatic objective
semi-aquatic
semi-arid
semi-automatic
semi-automatics
semi-automatise
semi-automatize

Literary usage of Semestrial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery edited by Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore Stout Bell (1846)
"In nine-tenths of the scrofulous patients the disease increases during this semestrial period, which embraces the whole period of the year that the sun ..."

2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1897)
"... one vehicle (speeding to the Bank for her semestrial pittance) shrieked and trembled ; the angry Dives hasten ing to his office (to add another thousand ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... within the one vehicle (speeding to the Bank for her semestrial pittance) shrieked and trembled; the angry Dives hastening to his office (to add another ..."

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