||Sem"i*ta (?), n.; pl. Semitæ. [L., a path.] (Zoöl.) A fasciole of a
||spatangoid sea urchin.
Sem"i*tan`gent (?), n. (Geom.) The tangent of half an arc.
Sem"ite (?), n. One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used
adjectively. [Written also Shemite.]
Sem`i*te*rete" (?), a. (Nat. Hist.) Half terete.
Sem`i*ter"tian (?), a. (Med.) Having the characteristics of both a
tertian and a quotidian intermittent. -- n. An intermittent combining
the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
Sem*it"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants;
belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the
Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.]
Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and
African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and
Phœnician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic).
Encyc. Brit.
Sem"i*tism (?), n. A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin. [Written
also Shemitism.]
Sem"i*tone (?), n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone.] (Mus.) Half a
tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the
diatonic scale.
There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now
preferred. See Tone. J. S. Dwight.
Sem`i*ton"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a
semitone, or of semitones.
Sem"i*tran`sept (?), n. (Arch.) The half of a transept; as, the north
semitransept of a church.
Sem`i*trans*lu"cent (?), a. Slightly clear; transmitting light in a
slight degree.
Sem`i*trans*par"en*cy (?), n. Imperfect or partial transparency.
Sem`i*trans*par"ent (?), a. Half or imperfectly transparent.
Sem`i*ver*tic"il*late, (&?;) a. Partially verticillate.
Sem"i*vif (?), a. [L. semivivus.] Only half alive. [Obs.] Piers
Plowman.
Sem`i*vit"re*ous (?), a. Partially vitreous.
Sem`i*vit"ri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being
semivitrified.