SEMICIRCLES Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

semicircles

noun

plural of semicircle

as in hemispheres

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Noun

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
The first is an 18-karat pink-gold model on an Arroyo gray calf leather strap with a silvery dial in a grid-style globe pattern, where the meridians and parallels are engraved and polished.

— Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026

Definition of meridians

Noun

Played in fours, padel combines elements of tennis and squash.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
The designers retained many of the hotel’s original architectural elements, including the wrought-iron work behind the front desk, Waterford crystal chandeliers, elegant crown moldings and cornices, and the original King Cole oak bar.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of elements

Noun

Experience gained from managing heavy steel distortion during the welding of KSTAR’s vacuum boundaries informed the tooling and quality control methods later used to fabricate the thicker, more complex ITER sections.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
People are flooding their comment sections from afar with questions, condolences and claims of AI manipulation.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 22 July 2026

Definition of sections

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Instead, the government aims to build domestic alternatives in strategic segments representing roughly 20% to 30% of the market, including government cloud services, databases and simpler enterprise systems.

— Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Catastrophe losses of $518 million were nearly half of last year’s $927 million and reserve development was favorable across all three segments while investment income grew 14% year over year.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Definition of segments

Noun

The main upgrades will include a new floor as well as other aerodynamic components.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 July 2026
In the budget bill, House Republicans are considering including the main components of the SAVE America Act, something GOP hard-liners have demanded be included in exchange for their support of the legislation.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026

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