Etymology

semicontinuous

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Today it means: (of a function) That it is continuous almost everywhere, except at certain points at which it is either upper semi-continuous or lower semi-continuous. Full definition →

English continuous ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishcontinuous
  6. English todaysemicontinuous

From semi- + continuous.

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