hemisphere

noun

Definition of hemispherenext
as in meridian

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Recent Examples of hemisphere In right-handers with a right-dominant eye, visual information moves faster from the right to the left hemisphere than the reverse. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 The league giveth, and the league sendeth you to another hemisphere. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026 Unable to hold it down inside the hemisphere’s most challenging soccer environment, Dos Santos’ players could not connect through the midfield or the attack, suffering until eventual breakdowns cascaded at nearly 9,000 feet of altitude. — Josh Gross, Daily News, 10 May 2026 Who, indeed, does the hemisphere belong to? — Aj Hess, Time, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hemisphere
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  1. meridian
  2. semicircle
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  • Their traditions inspired the property’s spa treatments and even its placement atop heilige Linien—sacred meridians said to hold special power.
    — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026
  • Some Eastern Orthodox churches use astronomical observations according to the meridian of Jerusalem, the department says.
    — Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of meridian
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  • Most modern cyanobacteria have large antenna complexes (or phycobilisomes), built from proteins infused with light-absorbing pigments, that fan out from the thylakoid membrane in a large semicircle.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2026
  • The two mothers stood together, eight small caskets arrayed in a semicircle before them.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 9 May 2026
Definition of semicircle

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