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se·mat·ic

 (sĭ-măt′ĭk)
adj.
Serving as a warning or signal of danger.

[From Greek sēma, sēmat-, sign.]
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sematic

(sɪˈmætɪk)
adj
(Zoology) (of the conspicuous coloration of certain animals) acting as a warning, esp to potential predators
[C19: from Greek sēma a sign]
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se•mat•ic

(sɪˈmæt ɪk)

adj.
warning of danger, as a conspicuous marking on a poisonous animal.
[1885–90; < Greek sēmat- (s. of sêma) sign]
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It is clear that English words need not have one-to-one sematic equivalents in other human languages.
The USC factor was measured on a 5-point semantic bipolar scale, with "Excellent" and "Poor" on both ends included, in addition to two additional options: "Service Not Offered for Mobile Device" and "Haven't Used Service in The Past Year." IUC and ICC were measured on a 6-point sematic bipolar scale with "More" (or "5") and "Less" (or "1") noted at the ends, plus a "Don't Know or N/A" option (or "0") next to "Less." The three factors each used one single variable or survey item.
While these neologisms, asako and ckosa, juxtapose the dance and fight in one word, as the Akan root--sa shows, there may be a shared sematic core in the derived terms from their inception.
It is the acknowledgement of incompleteness beyond sematic elegance.
After that, the new dictionary (Sematic Coherent Visual Word Pattern) is developed consisting of indexes and their assigned patterns.
practiced as the sematic plagiarism of a canonical author or as the
Validity Insights' Sematic Prior Art feature has also been upgraded with Patentcloud's new and improved proprietary semantic algorithm to ensure the continued delivery of highly relevant US patent references.
Thus, despite the developers' stated emphasis on quality, Sematic Scholar's inability to search licensed resources favors time, convenience, and access.
"becoming" is causally linked by the sematic range of the
We believe if sematic body parts alignment and rectification of poses variations are included in our IRM3 then the results can be further improved.