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semiring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
semi-ring
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that each element must have an additive inverse.

noun

One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds, forming an essential part of the syrinx of songbirds.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English ring English semiring From semi- + ring.

Inflected Forms

semirings (plural)

Derived Forms

subsemiring

Questions

What does semiring mean?
An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that each element must have an additive inverse.
Where does semiring come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English ring English semiring From semi- + ring.

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