About The Word Hemisphere
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Hemisphere
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What's The Definition Of Hemisphere?
[n] either half of the cerebrum
[n] half of the terrestrial globe [n] half of a sphere Synonyms | Synonyms for Hemisphere: cerebral hemisphere Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | walk See Also | cerebrum | Earth | eastern hemisphere | geographic area | geographic region | geographical area | geographical region | globe | left brain | left hemisphere | neural structure | New World | northern hemisphere | occident | orient | right brain | right hemisphere | southern hemisphere | subfigure | western hemisphere | world Hemisphere In Webster's Dictionary \Hem"i*sphere\, n. [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. ?; ? half =
? sphere: cf. F. h['e]misph[`e]re. See {Hemi-}, and
{Sphere}.]
1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided
by a plane passing through its center.
2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same
in a map or picture.
3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere.
He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. --J. P.
Peters.
{Cerebral hemispheres}. (Anat.) See {Brain}.
{Magdeburg hemispheres} (Physics), two hemispherical cups
forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air
can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the
pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto
von Guericke at Magdeburg.
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