Etymology

semifinite

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Today it means: (Of a measure space) in which every nonzero measurable set has a subset with finite nonzero measure Full definition →

English finite ← 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. Englishfinite
  6. English todaysemifinite

From semi- + finite.

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