Dictionary Definition
hemisphere
Noun
1 half of the terrestrial globe
2 half of a sphere
3 either half of the cerebrum [syn: cerebral
hemisphere]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (RP): /ˈhɛmɪsfɪə/, /"hEmIsfI@/
- (US): , /ˈhɛmɪsfɪər/, /"hEmIsfI@`/
Etymology
From hemisphærium < (hēmisphairion) < (hēmi-) "half" and (sphaira) "sphere"Noun
- A half-sphere, formed by a plane intersecting the center of a sphere.
- Half of the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere.
- Either of the two halves of the cerebrum.
Synonyms
- (anatomy: either of the two lobes of the cerebellum): cerebral hemisphere
Translations
half-sphere
- Chinese: 半圓體, 半圆体 (bànyuán tǐ)
- Dutch: hemisfeer
- Esperanto: duonsfero, hemisfero
- Finnish: puolipallo
- French: hémisphère
- German: Halbkugel
- Italian: emisfero
- Japanese: 半球体 (はんきゅうたい, hankyūtai), 半球 (はんきゅう, hankyū)
- Portuguese: hemisfério
- Russian: полушарие (polušárije)
- Spanish: hemisferio
- Swedish: halvklot , hemisfär
- Telugu: అర్థగోళం
half of the Earth
- Czech: polokoule
- Dutch: halfrond , hemisfeer
- Esperanto: duonsfero, hemisfero
- Finnish: pallonpuolisko
- German: Hemisphäre , Halbkugel (rare, e.g., in Erdhalbkugel "half the Earth")
- Italian: emisfero
- Japanese: 半球 (はんきゅう, hankyū)
- Portuguese: hemisfério
- Russian: полушарие (polušárije)
- Swedish: halvklot , hemisfär
- Telugu: అర్థగోళం
lobe of cerebrum
- Czech: hemisféra
- Finnish: aivopuolisko
- Hebrew: אוּנָה (unah)
- Russian: полушарие (polušárije)
- Swedish: hjärnhalva
- ttbc Indonesian: hemisfer
Extensive Definition
Hemisphere (from Ancient
Greek ἡμισφαίριον - hēmisphairion "half of a sphere") may refer
to:
- Half of a sphere
As half of the Earth:
- Any half of the Earth or other planetary or stellar body
- New World
- Old World
- Western Hemisphere
- Eastern Hemisphere
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Land hemisphere
- Water hemisphere
As half of the brain:
- Cerebral hemisphere, a division of the cerebrum
- Half of the cerebellum, a smaller part of the brain
In music:
Other:
- Any half of the celestial sphere
- Hemispheres (magazine), an inflight publication
- Hemispheres (TV series), Canadian and Australian news program
- L'Hemisfèric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain.
hemisphere in Asturian: Hemisferiu
hemisphere in Catalan: Hemisferi
hemisphere in Danish: Hemisfære
hemisphere in German: Hemisphäre
hemisphere in Spanish: Hemisferio
hemisphere in Esperanto: Hemisfero
hemisphere in Basque: Hemisferio
hemisphere in French: Hémisphère
hemisphere in Western Frisian: Healrûn
hemisphere in Galician: Hemisferio
hemisphere in Korean: 반구
hemisphere in Italian: Emisfero
hemisphere in Latvian: Puslode
hemisphere in Dutch: Halfrond
hemisphere in Japanese: 半球
hemisphere in Polish: Półkula
hemisphere in Portuguese: Hemisfério
hemisphere in Romanian: Emisferă
(dezambiguizare)
hemisphere in Russian: Полушарие
hemisphere in Simple English: Hemisphere
hemisphere in Slovenian: Polobla
hemisphere in Swedish: Hemisfär
hemisphere in Chinese: 半球
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ambit,
arena, bailiwick, beat, border, borderland, circle, circuit, demesne, department, domain, dominion, field, fifty percent, fifty-fifty,
half, half-and-half,
judicial circuit, jurisdiction, march, mediety, moiety, orb, orbit, pale, precinct, province, realm, round, semicircle, semisphere, sphere, walk