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111half-wave rectifier — noun : a rectifier that utilizes one half cycle of alternating current and suppresses the other * * * half wave rectification. Electronics. a rectifier that changes only one half of a cycle of alternating current into a pulsating, direct current …
112One-China policy — The One China policy (simplified Chinese: 一个中国; traditional Chinese: 一個中國 政策 ; pinyin: yī gè Zhōngguó) refers to the policy or view that there is only one state called China , despite the existence of two governments that claim to be China …
113half-life — The period in which the radioactivity or number of atoms of a radioactive substance decreases by half; similarly applied to any substance, such as a drug in serum, whose quantity decreases exponentially with time. Cf.:half time. biologic half… …
114half term — UK / US noun Word forms half term : singular half term plural half terms British 1) [countable/uncountable] a short holiday from school or university in the middle of a term (= one of the periods that the year is divided into). The American word… …
115half — see half a loaf is better than no bread the half is better than the whole one half of the world does not know how the other half lives half the truth is often a whole lie believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see …
116half-senate election — /ˌhaf sɛnət əˈlɛkʃən/ (say .hahf senuht uh lekshuhn) noun Politics an election for that half of the senators of each state whose 6 year terms of office have been completed, under a system in which elections for senators are staggered so that one… …
117half cent — noun : a coin representing one half a cent (as the copper half cent coined by the United States 1793 1857) * * * a bronze coin of the U.S., equal to one half cent, issued at various periods between 1793 and 1857. [1780 90, Amer.] …
118half-dollar — ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a coin representing one half of a dollar a United States or Canadian half dollar 2. : the sum of fifty cents or one half of a dollar …
119half — 1. a unit of proportion equal to 1/2. The English word half, like the German prefix halb , is often placed before the name of a unit to create a combination which functions as a new unit equal to half the old one. Half dozen, half hour, and… …
120half year — noun Etymology: Middle English 1. : one half of a year (as January to June or July to December) 2. : one of two academic terms : semester • half yearly ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adverb (or adjective) …
