WordNet
n. an examination administered in the middle of an academic term [syn: midterm examination, midterm]
Wikipedia
A midterm exam is an exam given near the middle of an academic grading term, or near the middle of any given quarter or semester.
Usage examples of "midterm exam".
Voters generally believed their chief executive was entitled to four years to make his mark, and they regarded any new governor's first race for re-election as a kind of midterm exam.
I have responsibilities closer to hometo my employees, to my staff, to the people who depend on me personally to be there, and not go haring off on some kind of damnfool idealistic crusade designed to get someone close to me out of a midterm exam.
We stand and talk-something about the coming midterm exam, something about the due date for a paper.