hemisphericaladj.
/hɛmɪˈsfɛrɪkəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a hemisphere; of the form of or resembling a hemisphere.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > hemispherical
hemispheric1585
hemispherical1624
semi-spherical1661
hemisphered1665
semi-globular1721
semi-globose1818
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 32 Hemispherical Vaults..be..the securest.
1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion ix. 114 A hollow vessel..of an almost Hemispherical figure.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 200 The capsule is..covered with a hemispherical lid.
1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xxxix. 325 I have proposed to use a hemispherical lens.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 186 The seeds..are hemispherical, with one side convex and the other flat.
2. Of or belonging to one hemisphere of the earth; extending over a hemisphere.
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the world > the earth > region of the earth > hemisphere > [adjective]
hemispherical1872
hemispheric1889
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table x. 334 I suppose we are getting over our hemispherical provincialism.
1884 (U.S. Senator) in Pall Mall Gaz. 7 June 1/2 The American idea is hemispherical rather than continental.
Derivatives
hemiˈspherically adv. with a hemispherical form.
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1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 524 Hemispherically shrubby-cespitose.
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