midrise
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midrise (not comparable)
- (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.
- (computing theory, data compression) Having a zero-valued classification threshold (analogous to a riser of a stairway).
- midrise quantization
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Noun edit
midrise (plural midrises)
- (architecture) A building which is neither low-rise or high-rise.
- A lot of new midrises have been built in this area.