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Definition of Semestrial
1. Adjective. Occurring every six months or during every period of six months.
Similar to: Periodic, Periodical
Derivative terms: Semester, Semester, Semester
Definition of Semestrial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semestrial
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 ..."