semiperfect

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ perfect

Adjective

semiperfect (not comparable)

1. Approaching perfection; not entirely perfect.
   • 1972, Journal of Religion and Health, volume 11, page 334:

     And the profound point that Jesus makes is that it is not the semiperfect, humanistic Pharisee who is justified, before God, but rather the sinful God-related publican.

2. (mathematics) Of a ring over which every finitely generated left module has a projective cover.
   • 2015, Arash Sadeghi, “Linkage of finite G_C-dimension modules”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     Let R be a semiperfect commutative Noetherian ring and C a semidualizing R-module.

3. (mathematics) Of an integer equal to the sum of all or some of its proper divisors.

   Synonym: pseudoperfect

Derived terms

• semiperfect number