Semiotic Se`mi·ot"ic adjective Same as Semeiotic .
Semiotics Se`mi·ot"ics noun Same as Semeiotics .
Semioval Sem`i·o"val adjective Half oval.
Semiovate Sem`i·o"vate adjective Half ovate.
Semioxygenated Sem`i·ox"y·gen·a`ted adjective Combined with oxygen only in part. Kirwan.
Semipagan Sem`i·pa"gan adjective Half pagan.
Semipalmate, Semipalmated Sem`i·pal"mate, Sem`i·pal"ma·ted adjective (Zoology) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves .
Semiparabola Sem`i·pa·rab"o·la noun (Geom.) One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.
Semiped Sem"i·ped noun [ Latin semipes , semipedis ; prefix semi- half + pes , pedis , a foot.] (Pros.) A half foot in poetry.
Semipedal Se·mip"e·dal adjective (Pres.) Containing a half foot.
Semipellucid Sem`i·pel·lu"cid (-pĕl*lū"sĭd) adjective Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.
Semipellucidity Sem`i·pel`lu·cid"i·ty (- pĕl`lu*sĭd"ĭ*tȳ) noun The quality or state of being imperfectly transparent.
Semipenniform Sem`i·pen"ni·form (-pĕn"nĭ*fôrm) adjective (Anat.) Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle.
Semipermanent Sem`i·per"ma·nent noun Half or partly permanent.
Semiproof Sem"i·proof` noun Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness. [ Obsolete] Bailey.
Semiquadrate, Semiquartile Sem"i·quad`rate, Sem"i·quar"tile noun (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half. Hutton.
Semiquaver Sem"i·qua`ver noun (Mus.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note .
Semiquintile Sem"i·quin`tile noun (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
Semiradial Sem`i·ra"di·al adjective Half radial.
Semiradial engine Semiradial engine (Machinery) See Radial engine , above.
Semirecondite Sem`i·rec"on·dite adjective (Zool.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.
Semiring Sem"i·ring` noun (Anat.) One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.
Semisavage Sem`i·sav"age adjective Half savage.
Semisavage Sem"i·sav`age noun One who is half savage.
Semisextile Sem"i·sex"tile noun (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. Hutton.
Semisolid Sem`i·sol"id adjective Partially solid.
Semisoun Sem"i·soun (-sōn) noun A half sound; a low tone. [ Obsolete] "Soft he cougheth with a semisoun ." Chaucer.
Semispheric, Semispherical Sem`i·spher"ic, Sem`i·spher"ic·al adjective Having the figure of a half sphere. Kirwan.
Semispheroidal Sem`i·sphe·roid"al adjective Formed like a half spheroid.
Semisteel Sem"i·steel` noun Puddled steel. [ U. S. ]
Semita Sem"i·ta noun ; plural Semitæ . [ Latin , a path.] (Zoology) A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.
Semitangent Sem"i·tan`gent noun (Geom.) The tangent of half an arc.
Semite Sem"ite noun One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively. [ Written also Shemite .]
Semitertian Sem`i·ter"tian adjective (Medicine) Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent. -- noun An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
Semitic Sem·it"ic adjective Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [ Written also Shemitic .]
Semitic language , a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phœnician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). Encyc. Brit.
Semitism Sem"i·tism noun A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin. [ Written also Shemitism .]
Semitone Sem"i·tone noun [ Prefix semi- + tone . CF. Hemitone .] (Mus.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. » There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See Tone . J. S. Dwight.
Semitonic Sem`i·ton"ic adjective Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones.
Semitontine Sem`i·ton·tine" adjective (LIfe Insurance) Lit., half-tontine; -- used to designate a form of tontine life insurance. See Tontine insurance . -- Sem`i*ton*tine" , noun
Semitransept Sem"i·tran`sept noun (Architecture) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church.
Semitranslucent Sem`i·trans·lu"cent adjective Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.
Semitransparency Sem`i·trans·par"en·cy noun Imperfect or partial transparency.
Semitransparent Sem`i·trans·par"ent adjective Half or imperfectly transparent.
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