semiclassical
Americanadjective
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of or relating to music by classical composers that is familiar or appealing to the general public.
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of or relating to music intermediate in style between classical and popular music.
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These are systems that can't be solved with a semiclassical approach.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
Instead, physicists often turn to what's known as semiclassical physics -- a middle-ground approach that keeps just enough quantum behavior to stay accurate, while discarding details that have little effect on the outcome.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
In the age of the selfie, Brooks wishes to exhort us back to a semiclassical sense of self-restraint, self-erasure and self-suspicion.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2015
Bach to Klezmer, including the premiers of Yankelev’s arrangement of “My Yiddishe Mama” and baritone Shouvik Mondle’s rendition of traditional Hindu semiclassical music.
From Washington Post
Bryce hung up, leaned back on his bed and pushed a button that turned on the radio to a semiclassical program.
From The Man Who Staked the Stars by Charles Dye
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