单词 | eastern hemisphere |
释义 | Eastern Hemisphere[ ee-stern hem-i-sfeer ] / ˈi stərn ˈhɛm ɪˌsfɪər / nounthe eastern part of the terrestrial globe, roughly extending from the prime meridian east to the antimeridian: sometimes considered synonymous with the Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere technically does not extend into all of western Eurasia and Africa. Compare Western Hemisphere. Origin of Eastern HemisphereFirst recorded in 1620–30 Words nearby Eastern HemisphereEastern equine encephalitis, easterner, Eastern Establishment, Eastern Ghats, eastern gorilla, Eastern Hemisphere, eastern hemlock, Eastern Hindi, easternize, eastern lowland gorilla, easternmost Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Eastern Hemisphereeastern hemisphere noun (often capitals)that half of the globe containing Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, lying east of the Greenwich meridian the lands in this, esp Asia Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for Eastern HemisphereEastern Hemisphere [ ē′stərn ] The half of the Earth that includes Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, as divided roughly by the 0° and 180° meridians. See more at prime meridian. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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