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- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishperimeter
- English todaysemiperimeter
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Half of the perimeter (sum of the lengths of the sides) of a polygon. The term is typically applied to triangles, cyclic quadrilaterals, and regular polygons. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.