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单词 semisphere
释义

semispheren.

Etymology: < semi- prefix + sphere n. Compare late Latin sēmisphæra, -ium.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsemisphere.
Now rare.
A hemisphere.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > hemisphere
hemisphere1585
semisphere1659
half-round1718
semi-globe1748
demi-globe1799
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Semi-sphéra, a semy sphear.
1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta I. ix. 156 These are all..of a regular figure; either that of a cone, or a semisphere.
1792 Sequel Adventures Munchausen iii. 60 The summit of the mountain, in the form of a semisphere.
1798 C. Hutton Course Math. II. 325 In the semisphere, or semispheroid; the distance from the centre is 3/ 8r, or 3/ 8 of the radius.
1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 44 In the two-horned rhinoceros the disc which bears the anterior horn is a semisphere.

Derivatives

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semiˈspheric adj.
semi-ˈspherical adj.
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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
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. E8v Semi~spherical, as callai, astroitæ.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 37 You shall in the Microscope see those 2. black spots to be semi-spherical eyes.
1896 E. A. Vizetelly tr. E. Zola Rome vi. 198 Narcisse..secured permission for Pierre to glance at the one room occupied by the Pope, a spacious round chamber with semispherical ceiling.
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