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Sem

1 American  
[sem] / sɛm /

noun

Douay Bible.
  1. Shem.


Sem 2 American  
Or Sem.

abbreviation

  1. Seminary.

  2. Semitic.


SEM 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Optics. scanning electron microscope

  2. Digital Technology. search-engine marketing: a type of online marketing in which a company, organization, or website owner drives traffic to a website by optimizing its ranking or by paying for the website to appear in search-engine results pages.


sem. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. semicolon.


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The Sem Yeto High School graduation was just finishing up at the campus.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

The party has shortlisted Sem Moema, a member of the London Assembly, and Praful Nargund, an Islington councillor, in the contest to be the party's election candidate.

From BBC May 23, 2024

St. Louis also sent hard-throwing reliever Jordan Hicks to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor league right-handers Adam Kloffenstein and Sem Robberse.

From Washington Times Jul. 30, 2023

“We advanced a little more on our flank,” said a drone operator in the Adam Tactical Group, who asked to be identified only by his nickname, Sem.

From New York Times May 12, 2023

To execute the charge thou hast in hand, Sem.

From The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge by Anonymous

In Paris, a public-private partnership, SEM Paris Commerces, relocates small businesses to empty storefronts, cultivating commercial strips that are far more interesting for strolling than scrolling.

From Slate Nov. 26, 2024

SEM works by scanning a sample with a focused electron beam and capturing the SEs emitted from the surface.

From Science Daily Nov. 18, 2024

Scanning electron microscopy, or SEM, is a powerful tool that can image the surface of samples at the nanometer scale.

From Salon Apr. 30, 2024

The SEM said it had only been used once, in 2016, when four asylum seekers were among 13 people deported.

From The Guardian Dec. 9, 2020

So all the angles of the triangle SEM in any of these positions of E are known, and also the ratios of SE1, SE2, SE3, SE4 to SM and to each other.

From History of Astronomy by George Forbes

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