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semicontiguous

semicontiguous adjective: partially contiguous.

Adjective

semicontiguous (not comparable)

  1. Partially contiguous
    • They conjectured that any semicontiguous minor can also be written in terms of domino tilings of a region on the square lattice.2015, Tri Lai, “Proof of a conjecture of Kenyon and Wilson on semicontiguous minors”, in arXiv

Origin of semicontiguous

From semi- + contiguous.

Questions about semicontiguous

What does semicontiguous mean?
Semicontiguous means partially contiguous.
What part of speech is semicontiguous?
Semicontiguous is an adjective.

Words near semicontiguous in the dictionary

  1. semiconspicuous
  2. semiconstitutional
  3. semiconstrained
  4. semiconstructed
  5. semicontact
  6. semicontiguous
  7. semicontinental
  8. semicontinuity
  9. semicontinuous
  10. semicontinuously
  11. semicontrolled

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