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half-open

adj

Etymology

From half- + open.

  1. inherited from open — “an aperture or opening”
  2. inherited from *upanōną✻ — “to raise; lift; open”
  3. inherited from *opanōn✻
  4. inherited from openian — “to open”
  5. inherited from openen
  6. derived from *upo✻ — “up from under, over”
  7. inherited from *upanaz✻ — “open”
  8. inherited from *opan✻
  9. inherited from open — “open”
  10. inherited from open
  11. prefixed as half-open — “half + open”

Definitions

  1. partially open

    partially open; ajar

    • Between the fixed, full-height ends run flexible covers, carried on tubes running in guides, which can be locked in the closed, half-open or fully open positions; [...].

  2. (referring to an interval on the real line) containing only one of its endpoints

The neighborhood

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