Meaning of HEMISPHERE
| Pronunciation: | | 'hemi`sfeer
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- [n] either half of the cerebrum
- [n] half of the terrestrial globe
- [n] half of a sphere
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| | Synonyms: | | cerebral hemisphere |
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| | See Also: | | cerebrum, Earth, eastern hemisphere, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, globe, left brain, left hemisphere, neural structure, New World, northern hemisphere, occident, orient, right brain, right hemisphere, southern hemisphere, subfigure, western hemisphere, world | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hem"i*sphere\, n. [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. ?; ? half =
? sphere: cf. F. h['e]misph[`e]re. See {Hemi-}, and
{Sphere}.]
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.
{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can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the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.
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