hemisphere
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈhɛmɪˌsfɪr/
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hemisferio
- So June to August should give the entire Northern hemisphere a nice warm summer, right?
- northern hemisphere
- southern hemisphere
- eastern hemisphere
But I must ask, for those of you in the other hemisphere, for those of you who are in Australia, which direction do your fans spin?
- But I must ask, for those of you in the other hemisphere, for those of you who are in Australia, which direction do your fans spin?
- So June to August should give the entire Northern hemisphere a nice warm summer, right?
- And it was the first dinosaur egg found in the Western Hemisphere, which is pretty cool.
- We need to maintain American influence and superiority in the Western Hemisphere for sure.
- And Spain was the last European power still in the Western Hemisphere.
- So societies like ours, that is to say the Western Hemisphere, the Caribbean and so forth, we share a lot in common.
- I mean, what there's a dispute over who the indigenous people were in in what we now call the Western Hemisphere.
- This is some international Western Hemisphere Mean Girls.
- So the longer you wait, the larger that hemisphere will be.
Examples
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The equator divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere.
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In the Northern Hemisphere, winter comes earlier the farther north one goes.
Academic text (1992) -
I really feel that the southern hemisphere is where the next supervolcano will blow up.
Blog text (18) -
And it was the first dinosaur egg found in the Western Hemisphere, which is pretty cool.
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The sun is at its greatest angle below the celestial equator during our northern hemisphere winter.
Academic text (1990) -
I take Antonia out for one of the largest ice cream sundaes in the Western Hemisphere.
Fiction book (1999) -
Meteor showers generally shine before dawn because we're on Earth's leading hemisphere and sweep up more dust particles.
Academic text (2005) -
In the Northern hemisphere, summer occurs from June to August.
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Australia is located in the Southern hemisphere, where the seasons are opposite to those in the Northern hemisphere.
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
The left half of the brain that controls the right side of the body and helps language and logical thinking
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4.5
The half of the brain on the right that controls the left side and helps with visual and creative thinking
- Specialized
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6.3
One of the two halves of the brain that control movement, feeling, and thinking
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3.6
The half of the Earth east of the prime meridian that includes Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
- Specialized
One of the two side parts of the cerebellum that control movement and balance
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hemisphere combines the Greek parts hemi- 'half' and sphere 'ball', so it means one 'half' of a sphere, for example a half of the Earth separated by the equator.