half-open

English

Etymology

From half- +‎ open.

Adjective

half-open (not comparable)

1. partially open; ajar
   • 1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 265:

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

Translations

partially open

Danish: halvåben Italian: semiaperto (it) Latin: sēmiapertus, sēmipatens, sēmihians Norman: entr'ouvèrt Polish: półotwarty (pl) Spanish: semiabierto

mathematics: containing only one of its endpoints

Danish: halvåben Polish: półotwarty (pl)