Seminormal

Quick meaning: Seminormal is an adjective meaning (algebra, of a ring) Being a commutative reduced ring in which, whenever x, y satisfy x³=y², there is s with s²=x and s³=y.

Meaning

(algebra, of a ring) Being a commutative reduced ring in which, whenever x, y satisfy x³=y², there is s with s²=x and s³=y.

More Meanings

1. (default logic, of a default) Having all its justifications entailing its conclusion.
2. Partially normal.
3. (group theory) Of a subgroup A of a group G, having a subgroup B such that AB = G, and for any proper subgroup C of B, AC is a proper subgroup of G.

Example Sentences

Not noticeably belonging to any one group is often upsetting, and these feelings of isolation, of not fitting in, easily carry over into adolescence—a time when everyone, even the fairest-haired among us, must struggle awfully hard just to seem seminormal.

There was always art on the wall, but every night, after the shows were over and the bars had closed and there was nowhere else to buy booze, you might find David Lee Roth at the gallery with a bunch of Hollywood lowlifes and scumbags. It was where he went to lose his ego and be a seminormal person who liked to have a good time.

When it reaches this point, the only choice you have is to try to remember cruel things from your childhood and threaten or ridicule them. Ms. Behavior is aware that this might sound mean, but it is actually benevolent. Otherwise, your formerly seminormal friend will soon be playing with dolls and jacks at work, spending all of his free time at Disney movies, and dragging his teddy bear to social functions.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include semisimple, semiprimitive, semimodular, semilocal, cosemisimple, semiprimal.

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