adj
semiregular
Semiregular (adj) means Fairly regular; happening now and then.
adj
1
Fairly regular; happening now and then.
"Although Lester must still see doctors on a semiregular basis for checkups, his health has returned to normal."
— Bill Finley, Victorious Night for Lester in His Return From Cancer (2007)
2
(topology) Describing a space whose regular open sets act as a base for its topology.
3
(geometry) Describing a solid built from regular faces of more than one type, arranged in the same order round every vertex.
"In a semiregular tessellation, there is an isometry of the plane carrying any vertex to any other vertex."
— David A. Singer, Geometry: Plane and Fancy (1998)
"While one of the semiregular polyhedra was mentioned by Plato, their first serious study is attributed to Archimedes."
— Saul Stahl, Geometry from Euclid to Knots (2003)
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What is the meaning of semiregular?
"semiregular" (adj) means fairly regular; happening now and then.
What are the different meanings of semiregular?
"semiregular" has 3 main meanings: 1. Fairly regular; happening now and then; 2. (topology) Describing a space whose regular open sets act as a base for its topology; 3. (geometry) Describing a solid built from regular faces of more than one type, arranged in the same order round every vertex.
