noun
a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
• Syn: ↑semester hour
• Hypernyms: ↑credit, ↑course credit
* * *
noun : the unit of measuring educational credit usually consisting of one weekly period lasting approximately one hour of classroom work or a given number of periods of laboratory work throughout one semester or term
* * *
hour (def. 12).
[1925-30]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.