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hemisphere
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hemisphere
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hemisphere has 3 senses
- hemisphere(n = noun.location) Array - half of the terrestrial globe; Array has particulars: eastern hemisphere, orient, new world, occident, western hemisphere, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere
- hemisphere(n = noun.shape) Array - half of a sphere; Array is a kind of subfigure
- hemisphere(n = noun.body) cerebral hemisphere - either half of the cerebrum; Array is a kind of neural structure
is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
is a part of earth, globe, world
Derived form adjective hemispherical1
Derived form adjective hemispherical1
has particulars: left brain, left hemisphere, right brain, right hemisphere
is a part of cerebrum
Derived forms adjective hemispheric1, adjective hemispherical1
CIDE DICTIONARY
- A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. [1913 Webster]
- Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture. [1913 Webster]
- The people who inhabit a hemisphere. [1913 Webster]"He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hemisphere, n.
1 half of a sphere.
2 a half of the earth, esp. as divided by the equator (into northern and southern hemisphere) or by a line passing through the poles (into eastern and western hemisphere).
1 half of a sphere.
2 a half of the earth, esp. as divided by the equator (into northern and southern hemisphere) or by a line passing through the poles (into eastern and western hemisphere).
Derivative
hemispheric adj. hemispherical adj.
Etymology
OF emisphere & L hemisphaerium f. Gk hemisphaira (as HEMI, SPHERE)
THESAURUS
hemisphere
ambit, arena, bailiwick, beat, border, borderland, circle, circuit, demesne, department, domain, dominion, field, fifty percent, fifty-fifty, half, half-and-half, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, march, mediety, moiety, orb, orbit, pale, precinct, province, realm, round, semicircle, semisphere, sphere, walkROGET THESAURUS
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Region
N region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.
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