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adj
Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically consisting of four to ten stories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: architecture
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Having a zero-valued classification threshold (analogous to a riser of a stairway).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: data compression
Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A building which is neither low-rise or high-rise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English rise English midrise From mid- + rise.
