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Half logical; partly logical; said of fallacies. Whately.

Shaped like a half moon. Semilunar bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus; the lunar. See Lunar, n. -- Semilunar, or Sigmoid, valves (Anat.), the valves at the beginning of the aorta and of the pulmonary artery which prevent the blood from flowing back into the ventricle.

The half of a lune.

Something done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical. -- adv.

Partially nude; half naked.

Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement. -- Sem`i*of*fi"cial*ly, adv.

Half opaque; only half transparent.

Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.

Half oval.

Half ovate.

Half pagan.

Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.

A half foot in poetry.

Containing a half foot.

Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.

Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle.

Half or partly permanent.

Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.

Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness. [Obs.] Bailey.

An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half. Hutton.