semihourlyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

semi- +‎ hourly

形容詞

semihourly (not comparable)

1. (properly) Half-hourly: occurring every thirty minutes.

   The warship rang its semihourly bell, announcing it was now half past 10 o'clock.

2. (inexact) Roughly (but not exactly) hourly: occurring around every sixty minutes.

副詞

semihourly (not comparable)

1. (properly) Half-hourly: at intervals of 30 minutes.

   Samples were collected semihourly (on the hour かつ half hour) throughout the study.

2. (inexact) Roughly (but not exactly) hourly: at intervals of around 60 minutes.