half-open

adj — 2 senses

half-open

adj

Etymology From half- + open.

1

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; [...].1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 265:
2

Mathematics, Sciences (referring to an interval on the real line) containing only one of its endpoints

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