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ˈhemicircle Obs. or arch.
[f. hemi- + circle n.]
A half circle, semicircle.
a1618J. Davies Extasie 25 Wks. (Grosart) I. 89 Her Browes two hemi-circles did enclose Of Rubies. 1625N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. v. (1635) 106 Euery oblique Horizon will diuide the Equatour into two equall hemicircles. 1875J. H. Bennet Winter Medit. ii. xi. (ed. 5) 358 A hemi⁓circle of the majestic granite mountains.
So hemiˈcircular a., semicircular.
1656Blount Glossogr., Hemicircular, halfe round. 1895Lunn How to visit Italy 92 Two grand hemi-circular colonnades. |