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semiregular

adj

Etymology

From semi- + regular.

  1. derived from *h₃reǵ-✻ — “move in a straight line”
  2. derived from rēgulāris — “continuing rules for guidance”
  3. derived from reguler
  4. derived from reguler
  5. inherited from reguler
  6. prefixed as semiregular — “semi + regular”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat regular

    Somewhat regular; occasional.

    • Although Lester must still see doctors on a semiregular basis for checkups, his health has returned to normal.

  2. Whose regular open sets form a base.

    • A space is semiregular iff the regularly open sets (3D) form a base for the topology.[…]Every space X can be embedded in a semiregular space.

  3. Uniform (isogonal and isotoxal) with regular faces of two or more types, such that each…

    Uniform (isogonal and isotoxal) with regular faces of two or more types, such that each vertex is surrounded by the same polygons in the same order.

    • It will be seen below that this semiregular polyhedron is of importance in its relationship to periodic minimal surfaces serving as a conceptual reference.
    • In a semiregular tessellation, there is an isometry of the plane carrying any vertex to any other vertex.
    • While one of the semiregular polyhedra was mentioned by Plato, their first serious study is attributed to Archimedes.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA