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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sĕm'ĭ-dī-ăm'e-ter, n. p. 1199Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.Sĕm’ī-dī-a-pā’son, n. p. 1199(Mus.) An imperfect octave.Sĕm′ĭ-dī′ă-pĕn′te, n. p. 1199(Mus.) An imperfect fifth. Busby.Sēm′ĭ-dĭ-ăph′a-nē′ĭ-ty, n. p. 1199Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [Rare.] Boyle.Sĕm'ĭ-dĭ-ăph'ă-noŭs, a. p. 1199Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.Sēm'ī-dī-a-tēs'sa-rōn, n. p. 1199(Mus.) An imperfect or defective fourth. [Rare.] Brande.Sĕm’î-dī’tōne, n. p. 1199(Mus.) A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [Rare.]Sēm'i-dī-ūr'nal, a. p. 1199Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours. 2. Pertaining to, or accomplished in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a…Sēm'i-dōub'le, n. p. 1199(Rom. Cath. Church.) An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones, but with more than the single ones. Bailey.Sēm'i-dou'ble, a. p. 1199(Bot.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; — said of a flower.Sēm'i-fā'ble, n. p. 1199That which consists of, or contains, a part of fable and a part of truth; a mixture of truth and fable. De Quincey.Sĕm′ĭ-flō′rĕt, n. p. 1199See SEMIFLOSCULE.Sēm'ĭ-flōs'cu-lar, a. p. 1199Semi-flosculous.Sēm’ī-flōs’cūle, n. p. 1199(Bot.) A floscule or floret, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; — called also semi-floret.Sēm'i-flōs'cū-lōus, a. p. 1199(Bot.) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.Sēm'i-flū'id, a. p. 1199Imperfectly fluid.Sēm'i-fōrm, n. p. 1199A half form; an imperfect form.Sēm'i-fōrmed, a. p. 1199Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semi-formed crystals.Sēm'ĭ-hō'ral, a. p. 1199Half-hourly.Sēm'i-in'dū-rā'ted, a. p. 1199Imperfectly indurated or hardened.Sĕm'ĭ-la-pĭd'ĭ-fied, a. p. 1199Imperfectly changed into stone. Kirwan.Sēm’ĭ-len-tĭc’ū-lar, a. p. 1199Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. Kirwan.Sĕm'i-lĭq'uid, a. p. 1199Half liquid; semi-fluid.Sēm'i-li-quid'i-ty, n. p. 1199The state of being semi-liquid; partial liquidity.Sĕm′ĭ-lū′nar or Sĕm′ĭ-lū′na-ry or Sĕm′ĭ-lū′nate, a. p. 1199Resembling in form a half moon.Sĕmĭ-mĕt′al, n. p. 1199A metal that is not malleable, as bismuth, arsenic, nickel, cobalt, zinc, antimony, manganese, tungsten, molybdenum, and uranite. [Obs.] Nicholson.Sēm'i-me-tāl'lic, a. p. 1199Pertaining to a semi-metal, or partaking of its nature and qualities.Sĕm'i-mūte',, n. p. 1199One who, in consequence of the loss of the power of hearing, or from having never possessed it, is unable to speak perfectly; a semi-mute person.Sēm'ĭ-mūte', a. p. 1199Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed; — applied to those who, from partial deafness, have acquired but imperfectly the power of speech, or who, having once possessed the faculty…Sĕm'i-nal, a. p. 1199Pertaining to seed, or to the elements of production. 2. Contained in seed; holding the relations of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or…Sĕm'i-nal, n. p. 1199Seminal state. [Obs.] Browne.Sĕm'i-năl'i-ty, n. p. 1199The nature of seed; the power of production. [Obs.] Browne.Sĕm'i-nā'ri-an or Sĕm'i-na-rĭst, n. p. 1199A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, a Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; an ecclesiastic studying for the priesthood in a seminary.Sēm'i-na-ry, n. p. 1199A ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed-plat; as, to transplant trees from a seminary. [Obs.] 2. Hence, the place or original stock whence any thing is…Sēm'i-na-ry, a. p. 1200Belonging to seed; seminal. [Rare.]Sēm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 1200To sow; to spread; to propagate. [Obs.] Waterhouse.Sēm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 1200The act of sowing. 2. (Bot.) Natural dispersion of seeds. Martyn.Sēm′ined, a. p. 1200Thick covered or sown, as with seeds. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Sēm'i-nif'er-oūs, a. p. 1200Seed-bearing; producing seed.Sēm'i-nif'ic or Sēm'i-nif'ic-al, a. p. 1200Forming or producing seed, or the originative principle; as, (a.) (Bot.) Forming or producing seed. (b.) (Zoöl.) Producing or affording the seminal fluid.Sēm'i-ni-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1200Propagation from the seed or seminal parts. [Rare.] Hale.Sēm'i-nūde', a. p. 1200Partially nude; half naked.Sēm'i-nymph, n. p. 1200(Entom.) The nymph of insects which undergo a slight change only in passing to a perfect state.Sē′mi-ŏg′ra-phy, n. p. 1200(Med.) A treatise upon, or a description of, the signs of disease. Dunglison.Sē/mi-o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 1200Relating to the doctrine of signs or symptoms of diseases.Sē'mi-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1200(Med.) That part of medicine which treats of the signs of diseases.Sēm'i-o-pā'eoüs, a. p. 1200Semiopaque.Sēm'i-o-pāque' (-pāk'), a. p. 1200Half opaque; half transparent only.Sēm'i-ō'pal, n. p. 1200(Min.) A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.Sēm′i-or-bie′ū-lar, a. p. 1200Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.Sēm'i-ōr'di-nate, a. p. 1200(Conic Sections.) The half of an ordinate. See ORDINATE.Sēm'i-ōs'se-oŭs, a. p. 1200Of a bony nature, but only half as hard as bone.Sē'mi-ōt'ic, a. p. 1200Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought. 2. (Med.) Relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases.Sē'mi-ōt'ics, n. sing. p. 1200Semiology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Sēm'i-ō'val, a. p. 1200Half oval.Sēm'i-ō'vate, a. p. 1200Halfovate.Sēm'ĭ-ŏx'y-gen-ā'ted, a. p. 1200Combined with oxygen only in part. Kirwan.Sĕm'i-pā'gan, a. p. 1200Half pagan.Sēm'i-pāl'mate or Sēm'i-pāl'mā-ted, a. p. 1200(Zoöl.) Having feet webbed only part way down the toes.Sēm'i-pa-rāb'o-lā, n. p. 1200(Math.) A curve of the nature of a parabola, in which the powers of the ordinates are to each other as the next lower powers of the abscissas. It is represented by the general equation yⁿ = axⁿ⁻¹.