semiweak

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ weak.

Adjective

semiweak (not comparable)

1. (cryptography, Data Encryption Standard) Producing only two different subkeys.

   There are 2⁵⁶ (7.21 × 10¹⁶, about 72 quadrillion) possible keys for DES, of which four are weak and twelve are semiweak.

2. (linguistics) Having only some of the characteristics of a weak verb.

   semiweak verbs

3. (physics) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   semiweak interactions

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   semiweak homomorphism