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hemisphere

noun
/ˈhɛmɪsfɪə/UK/ˈhɛmɪsfɪː//ˈhɛmɪsfɪɹ/CA

Etymology

From Latin hemisphaerium, from Ancient Greek ἡμισφαίριον (hēmisphaírion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”). Equivalent to hemi- + sphere. Displaced native Old English healftrendel (literally “half-sphere”).

  1. derived from ἡμισφαίριον
  2. derived from hemisphaerium

Definitions

  1. Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator .

  2. A realm or domain of activity .

    • Love is the Columbus of our moral world, and opens, at some period or other, a new hemisphere to our view.

  3. Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western…

    Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Any half-sphere, formed by a plane intersecting the center of a sphere. .

    2. A map or projection of a celestial or terrestrial hemisphere .

    3. Either of the two halves of the cerebrum. .

The neighborhood

Derived

Eastern Hemisphere, Hemisphere, hemispherectomy, hemisphered, hemispherian, Hemispheric, hemispherical, hemispherically, hemispheroid, hemispheroidal, hemispheroidally, hemispherotomy, interhemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Magdeburg hemisphere, microhemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, semihemisphere, southern hemisphere, Water Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hemisphere. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hemisphere. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at hemisphere

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA