academic quarter

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈkwɔrtər/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈkwɔːtə(r/

Noun

academic quarter (plural academic quarters)

1. The traditional fifteen-minutes discrepancy between the time a university lecture nominally will start (according to schedule) and the time it actually starts, used in some educational institutions.
2. A trimester.

Translations

Translations

• Czech: akademická čtvrthodinka f
• Dutch: academisch kwartier n, Leids kwartiertje n
• Finnish: akateeminen vartti (fi)
• French: quart d’heure académique (fr) m
• German: akademisches Viertel (de) n
• Greek: ακαδημαϊκό τέταρτο (el) n (akadimaïkó tétarto)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akademisk kvarter (no) n

  Nynorsk: akademisk kvarter n

• Polish: kwadrans akademicki m
• Swedish: akademisk kvart (sv) c