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Riser vs Midrise - What's the difference?

riser | midrise |

As a verb riser

is to laugh.

As an adjective midrise is

(architecture|of a building) neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically having 4-10 stories.

As a noun midrise is

(architecture) a building which is neither high- nor low-rise.

riser

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something which rises.
  • A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
    • The choir stood on risers for the performance.
  • The vertical part of a step on a staircase.
  • (archery) The main body of a bow.
  • A conduit or path between floors of a building for placement of telephone, networking, and other utility cables.
  • A Manx cat with an extremely short tail.

    • Antonyms

    * (vertical part of a step) run, tread

    Anagrams

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    midrise

    English

    Alternative forms

    *mid-rise

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (architecture, of a building) Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically having 4-10 stories
    • The neighborhood is full of midrise apartment blocks.
  • (comptheory, data compression) Having a zero-valued classification threshold (analogous to a riser of a stairway).
    • midrise quantization

    See also

    * midtread

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A building which is neither high- nor low-rise
    • A lot of new midrises have been built in this area.