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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… hemi- , hemi-. Greek word meaning ‘half’. It prefixes other words in architectural terminology. Examples include:hemi-cycle: semicircular room, part of a roo… Book Of Hours , book of hours Book containing the prescribed order of prayers, rites for the canonical hours and readings from the Bible. Such books, developed in th… 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… Atargatis , Atargatis in Assyrian mythology, a fertility goddess, resembling Astarte, and shown as half-fish, half-woman. Overtime , Overtime
Overtime is work done by hourly employees beyond the regular work hours per week. Any work over forty hours per week for an hourly worker is…
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