hemispherical

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi

Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor.

English hemi-

English spherical

English hemispherical

From hemi- + spherical.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hemispherical

1. Having the shape of half a sphere.

   Split peas are hemispherical.

   • 1952 August, “Wind Velocity Records at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 545:

     Wind speed is measured by the conventional arrangement of three hemispherical cups, mounted at 120 deg. on a shaft which is geared to a cam.

2. Pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere of the Earth.

Synonyms

• hemispheric
• (shape) semiglobular

Derived terms

• bihemispherical
• conicohemispherical
• hemispherically
• interhemispherical
• subhemispherical

Translations

having the shape of a hemisphere — see also semispheric

• Catalan: hemisfèric
• Danish: hemisfærisk
• Esperanto: duongloba, duonsfera
• Finnish: puolipallomainen
• French: hémisphérique (fr)
• German: halbkugelig (de)
• Greek: ημισφαιρικός (el) (imisfairikós)

  Ancient Greek: ἡμισφαιρικός (hēmisphairikós)

• Italian: emisferico (it)
• Latin: hēmisphaericus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvkuleformet, hemisfærisk

• Portuguese: hemisférico
• Spanish: hemisférico (es)
• Swedish: hemisfärisk
• Welsh: hemisfferaidd

related to a hemisphere

• Esperanto: hemisfera
• Spanish: hemisférico (es)