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semicastrate |
semicentenary |
semicentennial |
semichaotic |
semichorus |
semicircle
| semicircled
| semicircular
| semicircular arch
| semicircular canal
| semicirque
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semicircle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun semicircle has 1 sense
- semicircle(n = noun.shape) hemicycle - a plane figure with the shape of half a circle; Array is a kind of plane figure, two-dimensional figure
Derived form adjective semicircular1
CIDE DICTIONARY
semicircle, n.
- The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference. [1913 Webster]
- A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference. [1913 Webster]
- An instrument for measuring angles. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
semicircle, n.
1 half of a circle or of its circumference.
2 a set of objects ranged in, or an object forming, a semicircle.
1 half of a circle or of its circumference.
2 a set of objects ranged in, or an object forming, a semicircle.
Etymology
L semicirculus (as SEMI-, CIRCLE)
THESAURUS
semicircle
crescent, crescent moon, fifty percent, fifty-fifty, half, half circle, half-and-half, half-moon, hemicycle, hemisphere, horseshoe, lunula, lunule, mediety, meniscus, moiety, quadrant, scythe, sector, semisphere, sextant, sickleROGET THESAURUS
semicircle
Circularity
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.
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