lecture (noun)
51chalk talk — noun Date: 1878 a talk or lecture illustrated at a blackboard …
52expansion — noun Date: 1611 1. expanse 2. the act or process of expanding < territorial expansion > < economic expansion > < expansion of the universe > 3. the quality or state of being expanded 4. the increase in volume of working fluid (as steam) in an… …
53forum — noun (plural forums; also fora) Etymology: Latin; akin to Latin foris outside, fores door more at door Date: 15th century 1. a. the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business b. a… …
54homily — noun (plural lies) Etymology: Middle English omelie, from Anglo French, from Late Latin homilia, from Late Greek, from Greek, conversation, discourse, from homilein to consort with, address, from homilos crowd, assembly; akin to Greek homos same… …
55quarter hour — noun Date: 1766 1. fifteen minutes 2. any of the quarter points of an hour 3. a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic quarter …
56recitation — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of enumerating < a recitation of relevant details > 2. the act or an instance of reading or repeating aloud especially publicly 3. a. a student s oral reply to questions b. a class period especially in… …
57scholium — noun (plural scholia or liums) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek scholion comment, scholium, from diminutive of scholē lecture Date: 1535 1. a marginal annotation or comment (as on the text of a classic by an early grammarian) 2. a remark or… …
58semester hour — noun Date: 1922 a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester …
59talking-to — noun Date: circa 1875 reprimand, lecture …
60lecturer — noun see lecture II …
