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means A set period of time devoted to a particular activity, from a workout to a court sitting to a login stretch on your laptop.

from From Latin 'sessio' (a sitting), built on 'sedere' (to sit) — the same root that gives us 'sediment' and 'sedentary.' It entered English through law and religion, where courts and councils literally 'sat' to conduct business — a session was the sitting itself. The word has since wandered from legislative chambers into recording studios, therapy rooms, and gym schedules, always keeping that core idea: people convened, for a while, to one purpose — or at least that was the plan.