southern hemisphere
noun
variants
or Southern Hemisphere
: the part of the earth that lies south of the equator
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Models are typically trained on data from countries in the northern hemisphere, meaning companies building in the southern hemisphere may not get relevant results when prompting chatbots.
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Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
The display will be visible in both the northern and southern hemispheres, according to NASA.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025
The southern hemisphere has its own polar lights known as the southern lights, or aurora australis, which create their own dazzling display.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
One of the largest migrations of the fall is underway in the Pacific as one of the ocean’s giants heads to colder water for the southern hemisphere’s summer.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
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Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
The display will be visible in both the northern and southern hemispheres, according to NASA.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025
The southern hemisphere has its own polar lights known as the southern lights, or aurora australis, which create their own dazzling display.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
One of the largest migrations of the fall is underway in the Pacific as one of the ocean’s giants heads to colder water for the southern hemisphere’s summer.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Southern hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20hemisphere. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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