Definition of criterium
: a bicycle race of a specified number of laps on a closed course over public roads closed to normal traffic
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Paul Neal rides the Riverwalk criterium course in Rock Hill.
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Origin and Etymology of criterium
borrowed from French critérium, “competition,” literally, “criterion,” borrowed from Late Latin critērium, borrowed from Greek kritḗrion criterion
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