Semi

/ˈsɛmi/ · noun

Meaning

(UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house..

Definitions by Sense

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house.
2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
3. (informal) A semifinal.
4. (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
5. (slang) A semiautomatic firearm.
6. (slang, finance) Semiconductor companies or positions in the stock market.
7. (colloquial, mining) An intermediate in the production of end-use goods.
8. (informal) Somewhat; to some extent.

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2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40, I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.

The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.

The roads were lined with cramped little semis and 1960s bungalows: Britain's cheapest houses, in their flimsy, pebble-dashed glory.

I was hungry an' freezin' an' done caught a chill / When the lights of a big semi topped the hill

All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.

The twink got a semi just from that look.

See these niggas through the reticle sight up on my semi […] For niggas plottin', I might blow it at your fitted Get your bitch-ass slimed out, it ain't no kiddin' Ain't no kiddin', got that semi

Mining companies crush and grind the extracted ore, and then use flotation processes to produce copper concentrates, which typically contain up to 30 percent copper. These concentrates are then smelted to produce copper blister, which has a purity of up to 99 percent. The blister is further refined to produce copper cathode, or pure copper, with a grade of around 99.99 percent. This process is known as pyrometallurgy, and is suitable for sulfide ores as opposed to oxide ores. The pure copper then feeds into the fabrication of various copper products, such as wire rods, wires, bars, and sheets—collectively known as semis—used as inputs in the manufacturing of end-use products, including consumer goods and construction, transportation (e.g., EVs) and infrastructure components.

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