semantic
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (software design, of code) Reflecting intended structure and meaning.not-comparable
2. (slang, of a detail or distinction) Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.not-comparableslang
noun (English)
1. (linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic.Examples: "Its semantic is polysyllabic, viz. it uses the word formations of spoken Chinese."; "In this particular case, the semantic is on the left of its host sinogram."; "The 亻(人) ren2 'person' semantic has been replaced by 氵(水) shui3 'water' semantic in浸, but帚 zhou3 'broom' has phonetically or semantically nothing to do with 浸 and is just a residue of 侵 after亻(人) ren2 'person' has been removed."
Definition source: Wiktionary