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midrise en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English rise English midrise From mid- + rise.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a building) Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically consisting of four to ten stories.
   • The neighborhood is full of midrise apartment blocks.
2. (not-comparable, qualifier:data compression) Having a zero-valued classification threshold (analogous to a riser of a stairway).
   • midrise quantization

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Relateds

midtread

midrise en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English rise English midrise From mid- + rise.

Meanings

1. A building which is neither low-rise or high-rise.
   • A lot of new midrises have been built in this area.

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