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intersessional

intersessional

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Happening between regular meetings of an organization
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərˈsɛʃənl/
: interseccional
  • The team identified key issues to address in their intersessional report before the main conference starts.

Examples

  • This general practice, followed by Japan, nevertheless does not prevent full and detailed scrutiny of Japan's research (IWC 2001) and data sets (BNC 1998) by members of the IWC Scientific Committee during their annual and intersessional meetings.

    Academic text (2002)
  • CSD has also asked countries to provide follow-up reports to the 1997 special General Assembly session on some action programs developed at the intersessional level, such as the Dutch water program.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The commission also took steps to rationalize and coordinate issues related to its intersessional work.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The new working group will examine each topic annually under review, take stock of all intersessional activities, and make recommendations on the organization of future CSD meetings.

    Academic text (1994)
  • By contrast, the nine government-hosted intersessional meetings facilitated an open discussion among high-level government participants, experts, and NGO representatives on issues often not discussed at the more formal working groups.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Although CSD's two intersessional working groups on financing and technology transfer had reached a consensus during their February 1993 meetings on a list of recommendations to be submitted to CSD, some nations were reluctant to focus on concrete initiatives and proposals aimed at implementing the promises of Rio.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The committee organized several intersessional meetings to discuss new strategies for the upcoming year.

  • During the intersessional period, the members worked on projects that would be reviewed in the next session.

Surface Forms

intersessional positive

Morphology

intersessional = intersession (transparent) = inter + session + al

The adjective is transparently built from the noun 'intersession' plus the standard adjectival suffix '-al'.

Etymology

Intersessional comes from the prefix inter- meaning 'between' and session meaning 'a meeting or class', so it describes something that happens 'between sessions' of a committee or school and explains why we use it for meetings or periods that sit between regular ones.