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Traditional English :: hemisphere
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hemisphere.html - n. 1 half of a sphere. 2 a half of the earth, esp. as divided by the equator (into northern and southern hemisphere) or by a line passing through the poles (into eastern and western hemisphere). hemispheric adj. hemispherical adj. [OF emisphere & L hemisphaerium f. Gk hemisphaira (as HEMI, SPHERE)] |
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Traditional English :: hemisphere
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hemisphere.html - n. 1 half of a sphere. 2 a half of the earth, esp. as divided by the equator (into northern and southern hemisphere) or by a line passing through the poles (into eastern and western hemisphere). hemispheric adj. hemispherical adj. [OF emisphere & L hemisphaerium f. Gk hemisphaira (as HEMI, SPHERE)] |
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Traditional English :: hemistich
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hemisphere.html - n.
half of a line of verse. [LL hemistichium f. Gk hemistikhion (as HEMI, stikhion f. stikhos line)] |
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Traditional English :: hemi-
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hemisphere.html - comb. form half. [Gk hemi- = L semi-: see SEMI-] |
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Traditional English :: hemianopsia
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hemisphere.html - n.
(also hemianopia) blindness over half the field of vision. |
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Traditional English :: hemicellulose
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hemisphere.html - n. any of various polysaccharides forming the matrix of plant cell walls in which cellulose is embedded. [G (as HEMI-, CELLULOSE)] |
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