half-circularadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːfˈsəːkjᵿlə/, U.S.

/ˌhæfˈsərkjələr/

Forms: see half adj. and circular adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., circular adj.

Etymology: < half adj. + circular adj., after half-circle n. Compare earlier semicircular adj.

Having or describing the form of a half-circle; semicircular.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > circular > semicircular

semicircular?a1475

semicircled1590

hemicircular1656

half-round1662

semicirculatinga1700

demi-circular1821

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. f. 387^v An halfe circular reuolution.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 68 A halfe circular compasse of iust proportion or bignesse.

1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 114 They had made also many half-circular ridges, with trenches between them, one beyond another.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 5 A half-circular turret, battlemented, or, to use the appropriate phrase, bartizan'd on the top.

a1847 M. M. Sherwood Life (1854) ii. 19 The half-circular window over the hall-door.

1902 Auk 19 122 I walked slowly..following a half circular course in order to avoid going too far from camp.

1977 Mass. Rev. 18 650 Parlane made a half-circular motion with his head.

2004 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 23 Oct. a3/1 A bride dressed in her wedding finery descended a half-circular staircase.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half-circular
释义	half-circularadj. Brit. /ˌhɑːfˈsəːkjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈsərkjələr/ Forms: see half adj. and circular adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., circular adj. Etymology: < half adj. + circular adj., after half-circle n. Compare earlier semicircular adj. Having or describing the form of a half-circle; semicircular. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > circular > semicircular semicircular?a1475 semicircled1590 hemicircular1656 half-round1662 semicirculatinga1700 demi-circular1821 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. f. 387^v An halfe circular reuolution. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 68 A halfe circular compasse of iust proportion or bignesse. 1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 114 They had made also many half-circular ridges, with trenches between them, one beyond another. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 5 A half-circular turret, battlemented, or, to use the appropriate phrase, bartizan'd on the top. a1847 M. M. Sherwood Life (1854) ii. 19 The half-circular window over the hall-door. 1902 Auk 19 122 I walked slowly..following a half circular course in order to avoid going too far from camp. 1977 Mass. Rev. 18 650 Parlane made a half-circular motion with his head. 2004 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 23 Oct. a3/1 A bride dressed in her wedding finery descended a half-circular staircase. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmas half-ˈcircular half-ˈcircular adj. semicircular. ΚΠ a1847 M. M. Sherwood Life ii. 19 The half-circular window over the hall-door. extracted from half-circlen. < adj.1570 as lemmas
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half-circularadj.

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