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something , half / haf/ • n. (pl. halves / havz/ ) either of two equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided: the northern half of the… figure , fig·ure / ˈfigyər/ • n. 1. a number, esp. one that forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company: official c… hemi- , hemi-. Greek word meaning ‘half’. It prefixes other words in architectural terminology. Examples include:hemi-cycle: semicircular room, part of a roo… Half-life , The half-life of a diminishing substance is the time it takes for the amount of substance present to go halfway from some initial value to zero. It i… Figured Bass , figured bass, in music, a system of shorthand notation in which figures are written below the notes of the bass part to indicate the chords to be pla… Atargatis , Atargatis in Assyrian mythology, a fertility goddess, resembling Astarte, and shown as half-fish, half-woman.
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