Defn: An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.

SEMIRADIAL
Sem`i*ra"di*al, a.

Defn: Half radial.

SEMIRADIAL ENGINE
Semiradial engine. (Mach.)

Defn: See Radial engine, above.

SEMIRECONDITE
Sem`i*rec"on*dite, a. (Zool.)

Defn: Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.

SEMIRING
Sem"i*ring`, n. (Anat.)

Defn: One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.

SEMISAVAGE
Sem`i*sav"age, a.