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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>semi</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="selvage.html" title="selvage"/><link rel="next" href="semi-automated.html" title="semi-automated"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">semi</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="selvage.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="semi-automated.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="semi"/><dt xmlns="" id="semi"><b>semi</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/se<73>mee/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/se<73>mi:/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> Abbreviation for
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‘semicolon’, when speaking. “<span class="quote">Commands to
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<a href="../G/grind.html"><i class="glossterm">grind</i></a> are prefixed by semi-semi-star</span>” means
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that the prefix is <tt class="literal">;;*</tt>, not 1/4 of a star. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A prefix used with words such as ‘immediately’ as a
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qualifier. “<span class="quote">When is the system coming up?</span>”
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“<span class="quote">Semi-immediately.</span>” (That is, maybe not for an hour.)
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“<span class="quote">We did consider that possibility semi-seriously.</span>” See also
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