单词 | northern hemisphere |
释义 | > as lemmasnorthern hemisphere northern hemisphere n. the half of the earth or another planet that is north of the equator. ΚΠ 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x. 325 We shall..say he [sc. the sun] is more powerfull in the Northerne hemisphere, and in the Apogeum; for therein his motion is slower. View more context for this quotation 1795 T. Maurice Hist. Hindostan (1820) I. i. xii. 417 The superior, or northern hemisphere, is the region of delight,..and in it Indra presides. 1886 L. Cumming Electricity i. iv. 54 There are two points, one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern, at which the dip is 90°. 1992 K. S. Robinson Red Mars (1993) iii. 87 There are areologists who believe that the entire northern hemisphere of Mars is an ancient impact basin. < as lemmas |
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