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= S =
semi-automated
semi /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/
1. n. Abbreviation for
`semicolon', when speaking. "Commands to grind are
prefixed by semi-semi-star" means that the prefix is ;;*,
not 1/4 of a star. 2. A prefix used with words such as
`immediately' as a qualifier. "When is the system coming up?"
"Semi-immediately." (That is, maybe not for an hour.) "We did
consider that possibility semi-seriously." See also
infinite.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.
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