Meanings
adjectivehalf-open (not comparable)
- not comparablepartially open; ajar
Between the fixed, full-height ends run flexible covers, carried on tubes running in guides, which can be locked in the closed, half-open or fully open positions; [...].
1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 265 - not comparablemathematics(referring to an interval on the real line) containing only one of its endpoints
Origin
Translations
Danish halvåben, halvåben
- halvåbenpartially open
- halvåbenmathematics: containing only one of its endpoints
Italian semiaperto
- semiapertopartially open
Latin sēmiapertus, sēmipatens
- sēmiapertuspartially open
- sēmipatenspartially open
- sēmihianspartially open
Polish półotwarty, półotwarty
- półotwartypartially open
- półotwartymathematics: containing only one of its endpoints
Spanish semiabierto
- semiabiertopartially open
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “half-open,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-open.
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