semispherical
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]semispherical (not comparable)
- 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, , pages 897–901:
- Hence, the fracture surface consists of a periodic array of semispherical bowls.