Sem

//sɛm// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of seminary. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  2. 2
    Initialism of scanning electron microscope. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    Clipping of semester. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  4. 4
    Initialism of scanning electron microscopy. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    Clipping of semicolon abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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  1. 6
    Initialism of secondary electron multiplier. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 7
    Initialism of search engine marketing. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of standard error of the mean. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of security event management. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Semitic. abbreviation, alt-of

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"And Noah, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth."

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