{ Se`mei*ot"ics (?), or Se`mi*ot"ics }, n. Semeiology.
Sem"e*le (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;.] (Gr. Myth.) A daughter of
Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
||Se"men (?), n.; pl. Semina (#). [L., from the root of serere, satum,
||to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.] 1. (Bot.) The seed of plants.
2. (Physiol.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It
is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes,
characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its
generative power.
Semen contra, or Semen cinæ or cynæ, a strong aromatic, bitter drug,
imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves,
peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia;
wormseed.
Sem`e*nif"er*ous (?), a. (Biol.) Seminiferous.
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Se*mes"ter (?), n. [G., from L. semestris half-yearly; sex six + mensis
a month.] A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or
uneversity which divides the year into two terms.
Sem"i- (?). [L. semi; akin to Gr. &?;&?;&?;, Skr. smi-, AS. sm-, 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; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent,
imperfectly transparent.
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.
Sem`i*ac"id (?), a. Slightly acid; subacid.
Sem`i*a*cid"i*fied (?), a. Half acidified.
Sem`i*ad*her"ent (?), a. Adherent part way.
Sem`i*am*plex"i*caul (?), a. (Bot.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing
the stem half round, as a leaf.
Sem"i*an`gle (?), n. (Geom.) The half of a given, or measuring, angle.
Sem`i*an"nu*al (?), a. Half- yearly.
Sem`i*an"nu*al*ly, adv. Every half year.
Sem`i*an"nu*lar (?), a. Having the figure of a half circle; forming a
semicircle. Grew.
Sem`i-A"ri*an (?), 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.
Sem"i-A"ri*an, a. Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
Sem`i-A"ri*an*ism (?), n. The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians.
Sem`i*ax"is (?), n. (Geom.) One half of the axis of an &?;llipse or
other figure.
Sem`i*bar*ba"ri*an (?), a. Half barbarous; partially civilized. -- n.
One partly civilized.
Sem`i*bar*bar"ic (?), a. Half barbarous or uncivilized; as,
semibarbaric display.
Sem`i*bar"ba*rism (?), n. The quality or state of being half barbarous
or uncivilized.
Sem`i*bar"ba*rous (?), a. Half barbarous.
Sem"i*breve` (?), n. [Pref. semi- + breve: cf. F. semi-breve, It.
semibreve.] [Formerly written semibref.] (Mus.) A note of half the time
or duration of the breve; -- now usually called a whole note. It is the
longest note in general use.