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hemisphere
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. half of the terrestrial globe half of a sphere either half of the cerebrum [syn: cerebral hemisphere ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., hemysperie , in reference to the celestial sphere, from Latin hemisphaerium , from Greek hemisphairion , from hemi- "half" (see hemi- ) + sphaira "sphere" (see sphere ). Spelling reformed 16c. Of the Earth, from 1550s; of the brain, 1804.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hemisphere may refer to: Half of a sphere As half of the Earth : a hemisphere of the Earth Any half of the (Earth-centered), celestial sphere cultural hemisphere As half of the brain : Cerebral hemisphere , a division of the cerebrum Half of the cerebellum ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hemisphere \Hem"i*sphere\, n. [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. ?; ? half = ? sphere: cf. F. h['e]misph[`e]re. See Hemi- , and Sphere .] A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. Half of the terrestrial ...
Usage examples of hemisphere.
Americas is only a sanctimonious paraphrase for a policy on the part of this country of political aggrandizement in the Western hemisphere.
The relative decline in politico-economic influence of the Northern Hemisphere during the later twentieth century, the shift of civilized dominance to a Southeast Asia-Indian Ocean region with more resources, did not, as alarmists at the time predicted, spell the end of Western civilization.
Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, where he pursues a vigorous research program in the biogeography of southern hemisphere dinosaurs.
The native, first placing a calabash beneath the nose, as it were, of his curious-looking log-steed, for the purpose of receiving the grated fragments as they fall, mounts astride of it as if it were a hobby-horse, and twirling the inside of his hemispheres of cocoanut around the sharp teeth of the mother-of-pearl shell, the pure white meat falls in snowy showers into the receptacle provided.
Spain began to dispute with Portugal the possession of the Moluccas, as being situated within the hemisphere which had been allotted to them by the bull of Pope Alexander VI, dated the 4th of July 1493.
She breathed through the top of her head and felt the cool relaxation come up from the smooth functionings of the diencephalon, the oldest part of the brain, which sat on the end of the spinal cord like a ball joint and let the hemispheres of the cerebrum tilt crazily about it while itself remaining still.
At this point the continents split and rapidly separated east and west, leaving a green ocean between their land legs, dotted with several large islands and driblets of isles in the southern hemisphere.
Ahead, he could see the spectacular Prism Palace composed of hemispheres and ellipsoids, spires, balconies, and arched bridges.
This passage of the Sun into Taurus, whose attributes he assumes on his return from the lower hemisphere or the shades, is marked by the rising in the evening of the Wolf and the Centaur, and by the heliacal setting of Orion, called the Star of Horus, and which thenceforward is in conjunction with the Sun of Spring, in his triumph over the darkness or Typhon.
They bend him back over a limestone altar, fit a crystal skull over his head, securing the two hemispheres back and front with crystal screws.
Now that they were being raised, it was clear that this barrier had helped negate the repulsive force, for the hemispheres simply could not be brought within fifty feet of each other.
Night Crew, one of the hemispheres had been dragged up the spiral ramp and over the lip of the pit.
The lightning was striking even more frequently than before, and now both hemispheres were exposed, Nick could see a pattern.
He dreamed of the two silver hemispheres, and his Lightning Farm that was being set up across the Wall.
He saw the hemispheres absorbing power from a thousand lightning strikes and, as they drew power, overcoming the force that kept them apart.