26984 words

hemisphere

5 definitions • 4 examples
1
one of two halves of the earth, especially above or below the equator:

Examples:

the northern/southern hemisphere
2
one of the two halves of the brain:

Examples:

the left/right hemisphere
3
half of a sphere (= ball shape):

Examples:

The bush had been pruned into a perfect hemisphere.
4
half of the earth:

Examples:

5
A hemisphere is also half of a ball-shaped object.

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