Northern Hemisphere
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- noun
- /ˈnɔrðərn ˈhɛmɪsfɪr/
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hemisferio norte
- The Northern Hemisphere experiences winter while the Southern Hemisphere enjoys summer.
- Northern Hemisphere observers
- forests in the Northern Hemisphere
- Northern Hemisphere winter
So June to August should give the entire Northern hemisphere a nice warm summer, right?
- So June to August should give the entire Northern hemisphere a nice warm summer, right?
- So because the plane of the solar system is tilted with respect to the Galaxy, all hope is not lost for me, the northern hemisphere astronomer.
- Same with upper Northern Hemisphere UK, that kind of stuff.
- She is the star of our show, The Princess Diana of podcasting, the best Clapper in the Northern Hemisphere.
- So the Northern hemisphere, it's counter, it's clockwise in the in the Southern hemisphere, it's counterclockwise.
Examples
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A consistent data pattern has also emerged for Northern Hemisphere river and lake ice conditions.
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Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, nations and aggregates of nation-states face seemingly irresolvable contradictions in political economy.
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So June to August should give the entire Northern hemisphere a nice warm summer, right?
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Across large areas of the Northern Hemisphere it starts to get dark, it starts to get cold.
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During the first half of February, it appears in the evening sky for Northern Hemisphere observers.
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And across much of the Northern Hemisphere, this time of year is also the cloudiest.
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Tick-borne disease is on the increase throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
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Every fall, millions of migrating birds put on a spectacle for the residents of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Solar panels should be oriented true south in the Northern Hemisphere.
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The Northern Hemisphere owes its cIimate to the North AtIantic Current.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the half of the Earth that lies north of the equator' is directly and compositionally derived from 'northern' (pertaining to the north) + 'hemisphere' (a half of the Earth). This is a standard, cross-linguistically common geographic compound and therefore immediately intelligible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Northern Hemisphere gives a simple picture: Northern means 'north' and Hemisphere means a 'half' of the Earth. So it literally means the part of Earth 'north of the equator', which is why we use it for that area.