hemispherical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English spherical English hemispherical From hemi- + spherical.
Meanings
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Having the shape of half a sphere.
Split peas are hemispherical.
Wind speed is measured by the conventional arrangement of three hemispherical cups, mounted at 120 deg. on a shaft which is geared to a cam.
1952 August, “Wind Velocity Records at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 545:
- Pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere of the Earth.
Deriveds
subhemispherical · interhemispherical · hemispherically · bihemispherical · conicohemispherical
Synonyms
hemispheric · semiglobular (shape)
Translations (21)
da hemisfærisk (having the shape of a hemisphere) · eo duongloba (having the shape of a hemisphere) · ca hemisfèric (having the shape of a hemisphere) · es hemisférico (having the shape of a hemisphere) · eo duonsfera (having the shape of a hemisphere) · la hēmisphaericus (having the shape of a hemisphere) · sv hemisfärisk (having the shape of a hemisphere) · grc ἡμισφαιρικός (having the shape of a hemisphere) · el ημισφαιρικός (having the shape of a hemisphere) · nb halvkuleformet (having the shape of a hemisphere) · de halbkugelig (having the shape of a hemisphere) · it emisferico (having the shape of a hemisphere) · pt hemisférico (having the shape of a hemisphere) · fi puolipallomainen (having the shape of a hemisphere) · cy hemisfferaidd (having the shape of a hemisphere) · pl półkulisty (having the shape of a hemisphere) · fr hémisphérique (having the shape of a hemisphere) · eo hemisfera (related to a hemisphere) · es hemisférico (related to a hemisphere) · nb hemisfærisk (having the shape of a hemisphere) · pl półkulowy (related to a hemisphere)