Course
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The word course has several meanings:
- course is the direction of travel in navigation
- in sailing, a course is the principal sail on a mast
- a course (US) is a unit of instruction in one subject lasting one academic term
- a course (UK; also used at MIT) or course of study is a programme of education leading to a degree or a diploma
- in dining, a course is a single dish in a row of subsequently served dishes, constituting, for example, a three-course menu. See also main course
- course in Medicine is a regime of medical drugs
- course is a layer of material
- in architecture, a course is a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material, such as stone or brick, in a wall
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- a string course is a continuous narrow horizontal course or moulding which projects slightly from the surface of a wall