"credit hour" meaning in All languages combined

See credit hour on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: credit hours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} credit hour (plural credit hours)
  1. (education, academics, US) A course credit based on the number of contact hours per week in class, for one given term or semester. Tags: US Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-credit_hour-en-noun-efTUuHZh Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: education

Inflected forms

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