Semiperfect

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Approaching perfection; not entirely perfect. not-comparable

    "And the profound point that Jesus makes is that it is not the semiperfect, humanistic Pharisee who is justified, before God, but rather the sinful God-related publican."

  2. 2
    Of a ring over which every finitely generated left module has a projective cover. not-comparable

    "Let R be a semiperfect commutative Noetherian ring and C a semidualizing R-module."

  3. 3
    Of an integer equal to the sum of all or some of its proper divisors. not-comparable

Synonyms

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pseudoperfect

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"And the profound point that Jesus makes is that it is not the semiperfect, humanistic Pharisee who is justified, before God, but rather the sinful God-related publican."

Etymology

From semi- + perfect.

Related phrases

semiperfect numberprojective cover

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