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semilocal

semilocal adjective: describing a ring that has a finite number of maximal ideals.

Adjective

semilocal (not comparable)

  1. Describing a ring that has a finite number of maximal ideals

Forms of semilocal

alternative formsemi-local

Origin of semilocal

From semi- + local.

Questions about semilocal

What does semilocal mean?
Semilocal means describing a ring that has a finite number of maximal ideals.
What part of speech is semilocal?
Semilocal is an adjective.

Words near semilocal in the dictionary

  1. semiliteral
  2. semiliterate
  3. semiliterates
  4. Semillon
  5. semilobar
  6. semilocal
  7. semilocular
  8. semilog
  9. semilog paper
  10. semilogarithm
  11. semilogarithmic

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