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semi-regular

semi-regular is the alternative spelling of semiregular.

Meaning of semiregular

Adjective

semiregular (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat regular; occasional.
    • Although Lester must still see doctors on a semiregular basis for checkups, his health has returned to normal.2007 July 24, Bill Finley, “Victorious Night for Lester in His Return From Cancer”, in New York Times
  2. Whose regular open sets form a base.
    • A space is semiregular iff the regularly open sets (3D) form a base for the topology.[…]Every space X can be embedded in a semiregular space.1970, Stephen Willard, General Topology, published 2004, page 98
  3. Uniform (isogonal and isotoxal) with regular faces of two or more types, such that each vertex is surrounded by the same polygons in the same order.
    • It will be seen below that this semiregular polyhedron is of importance in its relationship to periodic minimal surfaces serving as a conceptual reference.1993, H. Terrones, A. L. MacKay, “The Geometry of Hypothetical Curved Graphite Structures”, in H. W. Kroto, J.E. Fischer, Deann Cox, editors, The Fullerenes, page 115

Origin of semi-regular

From semi- + regular.

Questions about semi-regular

What is semi-regular the alternative spelling of?
Semi-regular is the alternative spelling of semiregular.

Words near semi-regular in the dictionary

  1. semi-quoted
  2. semi-quotes
  3. semi-quoting
  4. semi-random
  5. semi-reflexive
  6. semi-regular
  7. semi-responsible
  8. semi-retirement
  9. semi-retirements
  10. semi-rigid
  11. semi-riparian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semi-regular (page history and authors); semiregular (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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