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[ hem-i-sfer-ik ] / ˌhɛm ɪˈsfɛr ɪk /
adjectiveof or relating to a hemisphere. hemispherical (def. 1). Origin of hemisphericFirst recorded in 1575–85; hemisphere + -ic OTHER WORDS FROM hemisphericsub·hem·i·spher·ic, adjectiveWords nearby hemispherichemiscotosis, hemisect, hemisensory, hemispasm, hemisphere, hemispheric, hemispherical, hemispheroid, hemistich, hemisystole, hemiterpene Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hemisphericAfter all, what was achieved by excluding Cuba from the meeting of hemispheric leaders? Obama's Frenemies|Matthew Yglesias|April 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST But my national—not to say my hemispheric—pride suffered a terrible blow as the season advanced. A Little Swiss Sojourn|W. D. Howells In Latin America, the American chiefs of state will be meeting very shortly to give our hemispheric policies new direction. Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various It is semicircular in shape, with a hemispheric mound at the middle of the anterior half. The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites|Percy Edward Raymond
Fertile receptacle hemispheric, 1–4-lobed, with as many alternating shorter rib-like rays. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray And it is the uniting of the two hemispheric seas that so irresistibly suggests the essential union of the nations. The United Seas|Robert W. Rogers
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