Defn: The tangent of half an arc.
SEMITE
Sem"ite, n.
Defn: One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
[Written also Shemite.]
SEMITERETE
Sem`i*te*rete", a. (Nat. Hist.)
Defn: Half terete.
SEMITERTIAN
Sem`i*ter"tian, a. (Med.)
Defn: Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent. — n.
Defn: An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
SEMITIC
Sem*it"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.] Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phoenician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). Encyc. Brit.