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hemiˈspheric, a.
[f. hemisphere + -ic. Cf. F. hémisphérique (16th c.).]
1. = hemispherical 1: chiefly in technical use.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. xxi. 58 Great bodies of building round and strongly set up vawtwise in form of the Hemispherike. a1728Woodward Fossils (J.), A pyrites, placed in the cavity of another of an hemispherick figure, in much the same manner as an acorn in its cup. 1774G. White in Phil. Trans. LXIV. 197 In about ten or twelve days is formed an hemispheric nest. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. I. vi. 239 Mimosas, with hemispheric tops. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 355.
2. = hemispherical 2.
1889Talmage in Voice (N.Y.) 28 Feb., Corrupt legislation, which at times makes our State and National capitals a hemispheric stench. 1896Westm. Gaz. 16 Jan. 5/2 The Olney doctrine of the Hemispheric Sovereignty of the United States. |