midrise

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English

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Etymology

From mid- +‎ rise.

Adjective

midrise (not comparable)

  1. (architecture, of a building) Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically consisting of four to ten stories.
    The neighborhood is full of midrise apartment blocks.
  2. (computing theory, data compression) Having a zero-valued classification threshold (analogous to a riser of a stairway).
    midrise quantization

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Noun

midrise (plural midrises)

  1. (architecture) A building which is neither low-rise or high-rise.
    A lot of new midrises have been built in this area.

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