Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semicontinuous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
semi-con-tin-u-ous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

semi-continuous (alternative)

Derived Forms

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Questions

What does semicontinuous mean?
(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.
Where does semicontinuous come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English continuous English semicontinuous From semi- + continuous.

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