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midrise

midrise adjective: neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically consisting of four to ten stories.

Adjective

midrise (not comparable)

  1. Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically consisting of four to ten stories.
    • The neighborhood is full of midrise apartment blocks.
  2. (data compression) Having a zero-valued classification threshold (analogous to a riser of a stairway).
    • midrise quantization

Noun

midrise (plural midrises)

  1. A building which is neither low-rise or high-rise.
    • A lot of new midrises have been built in this area.

Forms of midrise

Adjective
alternative formmid-rise
alternative formmid rise
Noun
pluralmidrises

Origin of midrise

From mid- + rise.

Questions about midrise

What does midrise mean?
Midrise means neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically consisting of four to ten stories.
What part of speech is midrise?
Midrise can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near midrise in the dictionary

  1. midribs
  2. midride
  3. midriff
  4. midriffed
  5. midriffs
  6. midrise
  7. midriser
  8. midrises
  9. midriver
  10. midroll
  11. midrolls

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