session

(sĕsh'ən)
n.

1. 1. A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.
   2. A series of such meetings.
   3. The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings.
2. The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes.
3. An assembly of people for a common purpose or because of a common interest: a gossip session.
4. Law. A court of criminal jurisdiction in the United States: the court of sessions.
5. A period of time devoted to a specific activity, as to recording music in a studio.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sessiō, sessiōn-, act of sitting, from sessus, past participle of sedēre, to sit.]

sessional ses'sion·al adj.
sessionally ses'sion·al·ly adv.

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(1) In communications, the active connection between a user and a computer or between two computers.

(2) Using an application program (period between starting up and quitting).

(3) One or more tracks of audio or data that were recorded at one time on a compact disc. See multisession.

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The sitting of a court, legislature, council, or commission for the transaction of its proper business.

A session can be the period of time within any one day during which the body is assembled and engaged in business. In a more extended sense, the session can be the whole space of time from the first assembling of the body to its adjournment.

A joint session is the convening of the two houses of a legislative body to sit and act together as one body, instead of separately in their respective houses.

As applied to a court, the word session is not strictly synonymous with the word term. The session of a court is the time during which it actually sits each day for the transaction of judicial business. A term of a court is the period fixed by law — usually amounting to many days or weeks — during which it is open for judicial business and during which it can hold sessions from day to day. The two words are, however, frequently used interchangeably.

IN BRIEF: A meeting or class that is usually a part of a series of such meetings.

U.S. President Harry Truman delivered a radio address to delegates at the opening session of the United Nations conference in 1945.

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For a list of words related to session, see:

• Internet and World Wide Web - session: single, continuous period of connection to the Internet, Web, or an online service
• Acts, Powers, Conditions, and Procedures - session: period of time during which legislative body meets
• Advertising - session: recording session for radio or TV commercial; photograph-taking session
• Schools and Classes - session: hours in day or months in year when classes are given
• Performance, Airplay, and the Recording Industry - session: musical recording period, esp. one day

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - møde, samling, komsammen

idioms:

• in session    være samlet, være i møde

Nederlands (Dutch)
sessie, vergadering, zitting

Français (French)
n. - audience, séance, (Pol) session, (Admin, Jur, Pol) séance, réunion, discussion, (GB, École) année scolaire, (US) trimestre, (Méd, Dent) séance (chez), (Fin) séance

idioms:

• in session    en session, (Jur) (tenir) séance

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sitzung, Studienjahr

idioms:

• in session    tagend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνεδρίαση, συνεδρία, περίοδος (εργασιών βουλής κ.λπ.)

idioms:

• in session    σε συνεδρία, σε περίοδο εργασιών

Italiano (Italian)
sessione, seduta, udienza

idioms:

• in session    in sessione, in corso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sessão (f), reunião (f), período de estudo univ. (m), audiência (f)

idioms:

• in session    em sessão

Русский (Russian)
совещание, судебное заседание, сессия, учебный триместр, учебный год, время, занятое чем-л., встреча для какой-л. цели

idioms:

• in session    заседать

Español (Spanish)
n. - sesión, audiencia, sesión del tribunal

idioms:

• in session    estar reunido, estar en sesión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - session, sammanträde

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
开会, 会议, 会, 集会, 开庭, 会期

idioms:

• in session    在开会, 在开庭, 在上课

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 開會, 會議, 會, 集會, 開庭, 會期

idioms:

• in session    在開會, 在開庭, 在上課

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 개회 중, 회의, 최고 민사 법원

idioms:

• in session    개회 중, 개정 중, 회의 중

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 開会, 会議, 会期, 会議時間, 講習会, 時間, 学期, 授業時間

idioms:

• in session    開催中で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دورة, جلسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מושב, ישיבה, עונת-לימודים, זמן, שעות-הלימוד, פגישה, תקופה המוקדשת לפעילות מסוימת‬

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