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hemisphere 1. one half of a sphere 2. a. half of the terrestrial globe, divided into northern and southern hemispheres by the equator or into eastern and western hemispheres by some meridians, usually 0° and 180° b. a map or projection of one of the hemispheres 3. either of the two halves of the celestial sphere that lie north or south of the celestial equator 4. Anatomy short for cerebral hemisphere hemisphere [′he·mē‚sfir] (geography) A half of the earth divided into north and south sections by the equator, or into an east section containing Europe, Asia, and Africa, and a west section containing the Americas. (mathematics) One of the two pieces of a sphere divided by a great circle. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| From out of the meagerness of our censored histories we learned that for fifteen years after the cessation of diplomatic relations between the United States of North America and the belligerent nations of the Old World, news of more or less doubtful authenticity filtered, from time to time, into the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern. Hooker, in his great work on the Botany of the Southern Hemisphere. What kind of spectacle would its hidden hemisphere present to our terrestrial spheroid? |
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