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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 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

Roby is projected as a mid-rotation starter who along with the acquisitions of Sem Robberse and Adam Klofenstein from Toronto help replenish a dearth of starting pitching in the farm system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

Toronto sent minor league right-handers Adam Kloffenstein and Sem Robberse to St. Louis for the 26-year-old Hicks.

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

But the I.N.C. had now resolved to take no risks; they entered into negotiations with Sem Benelli, a well-known poet of the school which some critics call enlivening and other critics call inflammatory.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein

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

Since SEM uses electrons instead of light for imaging, there are limitations to what can be imaged in the microscope.

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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