n. (Zool.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ L. semi; akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, Skr. sāmi-, AS. sām-, 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;
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Slightly acid; subacid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half acidified. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Adherent part way. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Geom.) The half of a given, or measuring, angle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half-yearly. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Every half year. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Arian. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ L. semi; akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, Skr. sāmi-, AS. sām-, 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;
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Slightly acid; subacid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half acidified. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Adherent part way. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Geom.) The half of a given, or measuring, angle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half-yearly. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Every half year. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Arian. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege. [ 1913 Webster ]