"half-open" meaning in All languages combined

See half-open on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From half- + open. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|half-|open|text=+|tree=1}} From half- + open. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} half-open (not comparable)
  1. partially open; ajar Tags: not-comparable Translations (partially open): halvåben (Danish), semiaperto (Italian), sēmiapertus (Latin), sēmipatens (Latin), sēmihians (Latin), entr'ouvèrt (Norman), półotwarty (Polish), semiabierto (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-half-open-en-adj-RTFpP-ze Disambiguation of 'partially open': 100 0
  2. (mathematics) (referring to an interval on the real line) containing only one of its endpoints Tags: not-comparable Translations (mathematics: containing only one of its endpoints): halvåben (Danish), półotwarty (Polish)
    Sense id: en-half-open-en-adj-unghIDb3 Categories (other): Mathematics, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with half-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: containing only one of its endpoints': 2 98

Alternative forms

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