HyperDic: credit_hour

English > 1 sense of the expression *credit hour*:
NOUN	act	credit hour, semester hour	a unit of academic credit

English > *credit hour*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester.
Synonym	semester hour
Broader	credit, course credit	recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed
Spanish	hora de crédito