adj
Meaning 1
partially open; ajar
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
half-open
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adj
Meaning 2
(referring to an interval on the real line) containing only one of its endpoints
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From half- + open.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: halvåben — partially open
- Italian: semiaperto — partially open
- Latin: sēmiapertus — partially open
- Latin: sēmipatens — partially open
- Latin: sēmihians — partially open
- Norman: entr'ouvèrt — partially open
- Polish: półotwarty — partially open
- Spanish: semiabierto — partially open
- Danish: halvåben — mathematics: containing only one of its endpoints
- Polish: półotwarty — mathematics: containing only one of its endpoints