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semipermanent

semipermanent adjective: neither temporary nor entirely permanent; of indefinite duration.

Adjective

semipermanent (comparative more semipermanent, superlative most semipermanent)

  1. Neither temporary nor entirely permanent; of indefinite duration.
    • Such movable insulation could be applied to the end walls, either in the form of insulating shutters or a more semipermanent arrangement such as the one I use on the north roof of my pit.1997, Greg Stone, Building a Solar-Heated Pit Greenhouse: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-37
    • We are not at all permanent collections of particles. It is the patterns of matter and energy that are semipermanent (that is, changing only gradually), but our actual material content is changing constantly, and very quickly.1999, Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines, New York: Viking, →ISBN, page 54

Forms of semipermanent

comparativemore semipermanent
superlativemost semipermanent
alternative formsemi-permanent

Origin of semipermanent

From semi- + permanent.

Questions about semipermanent

What does semipermanent mean?
Semipermanent means neither temporary nor entirely permanent; of indefinite duration.
What part of speech is semipermanent?
Semipermanent is an adjective.

Words near semipermanent in the dictionary

  1. semiperipheral
  2. semiperipheries
  3. semiperiphery
  4. semiperishable
  5. semipermanence
  6. semipermanent
  7. semipermanently
  8. semipermeability
  9. semipermeabilized
  10. semipermeable
  11. semipermeably

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