2016年10月11日 · Hemi- is from the Greek for “half.” It is less common than semi-, and it is associated more strongly with technical language in fields like chemistry, biology, and …

2024年2月6日 · Chrysler's family of "Semi-Hemi" polyspherical engines were affordable and rather clever. So what made them so special, yet so short-lived?

Semi-, hemi-and demi-are all prefixes that mean the same thing for the most part, but are used in different circumstances. A prefix is a set of letters that is affixed to the beginning of a word in …

2016年11月2日 · Hemi- is Greek; Semi- is Latin; Demi- is French. They all mean some kind of "half." Normally when you form a new word, you're supposed to try to make all of its parts …

2022年11月10日 · Semi-is Latin, hemi-is Greek, and demi-is French (and ultimately Latin, but from a different root than semi-). When it doubt, use semi-. It's the most common of the three. …

2010年10月8日 · This use of hemi refers to a type of internal combustion engine that has a “bowl-shaped or ‘hemispherical’ combustion chamber.” In England, a semi [sĕm’ē] is a semi …

2020年11月16日 · Dubbed the "poly" (due to its polyspherical heads) or "semi-hemi," the new design had rounded, circular combustion chambers, like the Hemi; but they only had one …

These Dodge and Chrysler Hemi-block engines equipped with polyspherical heads are typically referred to as “polys” or “semi-Hemis” but are extremely different from the A-blocks with almost …

2009年7月2日 · Semi-hemi is used to describe cylinder heads that have combustion chambers close to hemispherical. I have heard it applied to the 318 poly head, the boss 429 head, and …

2025年3月10日 · Not only that, but the Big Hemi — the 6.4-liter that has only been available in Ram’s HD offerings — is also joining the lineup. Oh, and Ram is, apparently, finally going to …