▪ I. ˈsemi-form, n.
[semi- 2, 7 f.]
An imperfect form; Cryst., a hemihedral form.
| 1836 Smart, Semi-form. 1895 Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. §137 A form of the hemi-symmetrical kind will be termed a semiform or a hemihedron. |
▪ II. semi-form, a. rare—0.
[ad. L. sēmiformis, f. sēmi- semi- + forma form n.]
‘Half formed, imperfect’ (Bailey, 1721).