Hypertext Webster Gateway: "semi"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Semi- \Sem"i-\ [L. semi; akin to Gr. ???, Skr. s[=a]mi-, AS.
s[=a]m-, and prob. to E. same, from the division into two
parts of the same size. Cf. {Hemi-}, {Sandelend}.]
A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or
imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent,
imperfectly transparent.
Note: The prefix semi is joined to another word either with
the hyphen or without it. In this book the hyphen is
omitted except before a capital letter; as, semiacid,
semiaquatic, semi-Arian, semiaxis, semicalcareous.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
semi
adj 1: (prefix) half or partial; "`semi' is a prefix in such words
as `semicircular' and `semiannual' and
`semiconscious'"
2: (prefix) having some of the characteristics of; "`semi' is a
prefix meaning similar in the word `semiofficial'"
n 1: one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of
an elimination tournament [syn: {semifinal}]
2: a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together [syn: {trailer
truck}, {tractor trailer}, {trucking rig}, {articulated
lorry}]
3: a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is
supported by the towing vehicle [syn: {semitrailer}]
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