Webster's Dictionary 1913

3106

Semicalcined

Sem′i‐cal‐cined″ (?), a. Half calcined; as, semicalcined iron.

3107

Semicastrate

Sem′i‐cas″trate (?), v. t. To deprive of one testicle. — Sem′i‐cas‐tra″tion (#),n.

3108

Semicentennial

Sem′i‐cen‐ten″ni‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.

3109

Semicentennial (2)

Sem′i‐cen‐ten″ni‐al, n. A fiftieth anniversary.

3110

Semichaotic

Sem′i‐cha‐ot″ic (?), a. Partially chaotic.

3111

Semichorus

Sem″i‐cho′rus, n.(Mus.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.

3112

Semicircle

Sem″i‐cir′cle (?), n. 1. (a) The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference. (b) A semicircumference.2. A body in the form of h...

3113

Semicircled

Sem″i‐cir′cled (?), a. Semicircular. Shak.

3114

Semicircular

Sem′i‐cir″cu‐lar (?), a. Having the form of half of a circle. Addison.Semicircular canals(Anat.), certain canals of the inner ear. See under Ear.

3115

Semicirque

Sem″i‐cirque (?), n. A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills. Wordsworth.

3116

Semicolon

Sem″i‐co′lon (?), n. The punctuation mark indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.

3117

Semicolumn

Sem″i‐col′umn (?), n. A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis.

3118

Semicolumnar

Sem′i‐co‐lum″nar (?), a. Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.

3119

Semicompact

Sem′i‐com‐pact″ (?), a. Half compact; imperfectly indurated.

3120

Semiconscious

Sem′i‐con″scious (?), a. Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey.

3121

Semicope

Sem″i‐cope′ (?), n. A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope. Chaucer.

3122

Semicrystalline

Sem′i‐crys″tal‐line (?), a.(Min.) Half crystalline; — said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.

3123

Semicubical

Sem′i‐cu″bic‐al (?), a.(Math.) Of or pertaining to the square root of the cube of a quantity.Semicubical parabola, a curve in which the ordinates are proportional to the square ...

3124

Semicubium

{ Sem′i‐cu″bi‐um (?), Sem′i‐cu″pi‐um (?), } n. [LL., fr. L. semi half + cupa tub, cask.] A half bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a ...

3125

Semicylindric

{ Sem′i‐cy‐lin″dric (?), Sem′i‐cy‐lyn″dric‐al (?) } a. Half cylindrical.

3126

Semideistical

Sem′i‐de‐is″tic‐al (?), a. Half deisticsl; bordering on deism. S. Miller.

3127

Semidemiquaver

Sem′i‐dem″i‐qua′ver (?), n.(Mus.) A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.

3128

Semidetached

Sem′i‐de‐tached″ (?), a. Half detached; partly distinct or separate.Semidetached house, one of two tenements under a single roof, but separated by a party wall.

3129

Semidiameter

Sem′i‐di‐am″e‐ter (?), n.(Math.) Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its cir...

3130

Semidiapason

Sem′i‐di′a‐pa″son (?), n.(Mus.) An imperfect octave.

3131

Semidiapente

Sem′i‐di′a‐pen″te (?), n.(Mus.) An imperfect or diminished fifth. Busby.

3132

Semidiaphaneity

Sem′i‐di′a‐pha‐ne″i‐ty (?), n. Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. Boyle.