semiform

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A partial or imperfect form.

   “For seventeen years he had kept death at bay, and, at the time I speak of, medical diagnosis revealed that but one lung supported his remnant of life; thet that semiform of life seemed equal to the prime of many a hale man .”

2. isim A crystal structure that is more elaborate than the simplest (primitive) form but which does not include all the faces and symmetry elements characteristic of the full crystal system.

   “This semiform π (312) is again to be observed on crystal No. 13, though it is there represented by only a single face.”