Definition of Hemisphire
Hem"i*sphere (?), n. [L.
hemisphaerium, Gr. &?;; &?; half = &?; sphere: cf. F.
hémisphère. See Hemi-, and
Sphere.] 1. A half sphere; one half of a
sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its
center.
2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a
projection of the same in a map or picture.
3. The people who inhabit a
hemisphere.
He died . . . mourned by a
hemisphere. J. P. Peters.
Cerebral hemispheres. (Anat.) See
Brain. -- Magdeburg hemispheres
(Physics), two hemispherical cups forming, when placed
together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air
pump; -- used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called
because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (geometry) A half-sphere, formed by a plane intersecting the center of a sphere.
- (geography) Half of the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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