Semi- is a Latin prefix to a verb, noun, or adjective meaning "half". Some compounds formed with it are often abbreviated to simply "semi" in appropriate contexts:
- Semi or semis, in financial news, often used to refer to the semiconductor industry or the corporations therein
- Semi-automatic firearm
- Semi-detached house, a type of housing
- Semi-final, of a knockout competition
- Semi-formal, (esp. high school) dance
- Semi-submersible, a watercraft
- Semi-trailer truck (UK: articulated lorry)
- Semiquaver, the time interval in music, which is half the length of a quaver
- See also
- Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)
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