Webster's Dictionary 1913

3214

Semiproof

Sem″i‐proof′ (–pro͞of′), n. Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness. Bailey.

3215

Semiquadrate

{ Sem″i‐quad′rate (–kwŏd′rā̍t), Sem″i‐quar′tile (–kwa̤r′tĭl), } n.(Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, ...

3216

Semiquaver

Sem″i‐qua′ver (–kwā′vẽr), n.(Mus.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; — now usually called a sixteenth note.

3217

Semiquintile

Sem″i‐quin′tile (–kwĭn′tĭl), n.(Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.

3218

Semiradial

Sem′i‐ra″di‐al (?), a. Half radial.

3219

Semiradial engine

Semiradial engine. (Mach.) See Radial engine, above.

3220

Semirecondite

Sem′i‐rec″on‐dite (–rĕk″ŏn‐dīt or –rē̍‐kŏn″dĭt), a.(Zool.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.

3221

Semiring

Sem″i‐ring′ (–rĭng′), n.(Anat.) One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semirings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musica...

3222

Semisavage

Sem′i‐sav″age (–săv″ā̍j), a. Half savage.

3223

Semisavage (2)

Sem″i‐sav′age, n. One who is half savage.

3224

Semisextile

Sem″i‐sex″tile (?), n.(Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. Hutton.

3225

Semisolid

Sem′i‐sol″id (?), a. Partially solid.

3226

Semisoun

Sem″i‐soun (–so͞on), n. A half sound; a low tone. “Soft he cougheth with a semisoun.” Chaucer.

3227

Semispheric

{ Sem′i‐spher″ic (?), Sem′i‐spher″ic‐al (?), } a. Having the figure of a half sphere. Kirwan.

3228

Semispheroidal

Sem′i‐sphe‐roid″al (?), a. Formed like a half spheroid.

3229

Semisteel

Sem″i‐steel′ (�), n. Puddled steel.

3230

Semita

‖Sem″i‐ta (?), n.; pl.Semitæ. (Zoöl.) A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.

3231

Semitangent

Sem″i‐tan′gent (?), n.(Geom.) The tangent of half an arc.

3232

Semite

Sem″ite (?), n. One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively. [Written also Shemite.]

3233

Semiterete

Sem′i‐te‐rete″ (?), a.(Nat. Hist.) Half terete.

3234

Semitertian

Sem′i‐ter″tian (?), a.(Med.) Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent. — n. An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quo...

3235

Semitic

Sem‐it″ic (?), a. 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 ...

3236

Semitism

Sem″i‐tism (?), n. A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin. [Written also Shemitism.]

3237

Semitone

Sem″i‐tone (?), n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone.] (Mus.) Half a tone; — the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.☞ There is an impropriety i...

3238

Semitonic

Sem′i‐ton″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones.

3239

Semitontine

Sem′i‐ton‐tine″ (?), a.(LIfe Insurance) Lit., half-tontine; — used to designate a form of tontine life insurance. See Tontine insurance. — Sem′i‐ton‐tine″, n.

3240

Semitransept

Sem″i‐tran′sept (?), n.(Arch.) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church.