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semiperfect

semiperfect adjective: approaching perfection; not entirely perfect.

Adjective

semiperfect (not comparable)

  1. Approaching perfection; not entirely perfect.
    • And the profound point that Jesus makes is that it is not the semiperfect, humanistic Pharisee who is justified, before God, but rather the sinful God-related publican.1972, Journal of Religion and Health, volume 11, page 334
  2. Of a ring over which every finitely generated left module has a projective cover.
    • Let R be a semiperfect commutative Noetherian ring and C a semidualizing R-module.2015, Arash Sadeghi, “Linkage of finite G_C-dimension modules”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  3. Of an integer equal to the sum of all or some of its proper divisors.
    Synonyms:
    pseudoperfect

Synonyms of semiperfect

Origin of semiperfect

From semi- + perfect.

Words formed from semiperfect

Phrases with semiperfect

Questions about semiperfect

What does semiperfect mean?
Semiperfect means approaching perfection; not entirely perfect.
What part of speech is semiperfect?
Semiperfect is an adjective.

Words near semiperfect in the dictionary

  1. Semipelagians
  2. semipelagic
  3. semipellucid
  4. semipendent
  5. semipenniform
  6. semiperfect
  7. semiperfect number
  8. semiperfect numbers
  9. semiperfection
  10. semiperimeter
  11. semiperimeters

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