seem

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
2. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/siːm/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to unite, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). Cognate with Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”), Danish sømme (“to beseem”), Old Swedish søma, Faroese søma (“to be proper”). Related also to Old Norse sómi (“honour”) ( > archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment”)), Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”), Old English sēman (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English sōm (“agreement”).

Sinne

The microstructures of martensite and bainite at first seem quite similar .