Thesaurus: hemisphere

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1. n. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.
2. n. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture.
3. n. The people who inhabit a hemisphere.
4. n. half of the terrestrial globe
5. n. half of a sphere
6. n. either half of the cerebrum
7. 1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. 2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture. 3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere. He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. J. P. Peters. ten Cerebral hemispheres. (Anat.) See Brain. -- Magdeburg hemispheres (Physics), two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg.
8. Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemisphericfigure or form; a hemispherical body.
9. n:100 n. half of the terrestrial globe n. half of a sphere n. either half of the cerebrum