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engaged. Applied, attached, semi-engaged, inserted, or seemingly partly buried in a wall or pier, such as a column with… engage , en·gage / enˈgāj/ • v. 1. [tr.] occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention): he tried to engage Sutton's attention. ∎ (engage someo… something , half / haf/ • n. (pl. halves / havz/ ) either of two equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided: the northern half of the… Engagement , en·gage·ment / enˈgājmənt/ • n. 1. a formal agreement to get married. ∎ the duration of such an agreement: a good long engagement to give you time to… hemi- , hemi-. Greek word meaning ‘half’. It prefixes other words in architectural terminology. Examples include:hemi-cycle: semicircular room, part of a roo… Half-life , The half-life of a diminishing substance is the time it takes for the amount of substance present to go halfway from some initial value to zero. It i…
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