> I came across the term "semimetacyclic" (about a group) in a Russian
> historical text. What is the correct English term?
>
> Abe Shenitzer
>
Never heard that term (I am a group theorist). I think we have to know
the meaning before giving a translation, because similar terms may mean
different things in different languages. E.g. the term "metabelian group"
has different meanings in the English and Russian literature, and it's
possible that the same difference exists (or existed in the past) for
metacyclic.
Avinoam Mann