hemicirclen.
Obsolete or archaic.
A half circle, semicircle.
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semicircle1526
half-circle1552
hemicircle1603
hemicycle1603
demi-circle1654
semicirque1814
binant1938
1603 J. Davies Extasie in Microcosmos 233 Her Browes, two hemi-circles did enclose Of Rubies.
1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. v. 106 Euery oblique Horizon..will diuide the Equatour..into two equal hemicircles.
1862 J. H. Bennet Mentone & Biarritz as Winter Climates (ed. 2) viii. 220 A hemicircle of the majestic granitic mountains.
Derivatives
hemiˈcircular adj. semicircular.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > circular > semicircular
semicircular?a1475
semicircled1590
hemicircular1656
half-round1662
semicirculatinga1700
demi-circular1821
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Hemicircular, halfe round.
1895 Lunn How to visit Italy 92 Two grand hemi-circular colonnades.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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