Category:Semi-

Sem"i-. Etym: [l. semi; akin to gr. sami-, as. sam-, and prob. to e. Same, from the division into two parts of the same size. Cf. Hemi-, Sandelend.]

Defn: 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.