semispherical

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ spherical

Adjective

semispherical (not comparable)

1. hemispherical, having the shape of a hemisphere
   • 1902, Arnold Henry Savage Landor, Across Coveted Lands‎^[1]:

     The thatched semispherical huts of palm tree leaves and tamarisk were also interesting, as was the windmill, identical with those already seen in Sistan.

   • 1914, Jacob Joshua Levison, Studies of Trees‎^[2]:

     The acorns, the largest among the oaks, are semispherical with the cups extremely shallow.

   • 1998 October 30, Anvar A. Zakhidov et al., “Carbon Structures with Three-Dimensional Periodicity at Optical Wavelengths”, in Science‎^[3], volume 282, number 5390, →DOI, pages 897–901:

     Hence, the fracture surface consists of a periodic array of semispherical bowls.