Definition of hemispheres Hemispheres
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What does hemispheres mean?
Wiktionary 
- hemispheres (Noun)
Plural of hemisphere.
Part of speech
🔤- hemispheres, noun, plural of hemisphere.
WordNet
NounPlural: hemispheres |
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| hemisphere - half of the terrestrial globe | ||
| geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth | ||
| globe, earth, world a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented | ||
| eastern hemisphere, orient the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia | ||
| hemisphere - either half of the cerebrum | ||
| cerebral hemisphere | ||
| neural structure a structure that is part of the nervous system | ||
| cerebrum anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans | ||
| left brain, left hemisphere the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body | ||
| hemisphere - half of a sphere | ||
| subfigure a figure that is a part of another figure | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hemisphere (n.)
A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. - hemisphere (n.)
Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture. - hemisphere (n.)
The people who inhabit a hemisphere.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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hemisphere
Half of a sphere.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hemisphere
hem′i-sfēr, n. a half-sphere: half of the globe or a map of it.—adjs. Hemispher′ic, -al.—n. Hemisphē′roid, the half of a spheroid.—adj. Hemispheroi′dal.—Eastern and Western hemispheres, the eastern and western halves of the terrestrial globe, the former including Europe, Asia, and Africa; the latter, the Americas. [Gr. hēmisphairion—hēmi-, half, sphaira, a sphere.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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hemisphere
Half the surface of a globe. The celestial equator divides the heavens into two hemispheres--the northern and the southern.
Wikipedia 
- Hemisphere means half (hemi) of the Earth (sphere).
Part of speech
🔤- hemisphere, noun, singular of hemispheres.
