half-circlen.

1. The half of a circle; a semicircle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > semicircularity > semicircle

semicircle1526

half-circle1552

hemicircle1603

hemicycle1603

demi-circle1654

semicirque1814

binant1938

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe circle, semicirculus.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 126 Describe in th' intersections in like maner, halfe circles.

1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 104 A double course of half circles.

1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. iii. 299 A little more than a half-circle.

2. attrib. (See quots.)

ΚΠ

1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 128/2 Half-circle guard, in fencing, is one of the guards used with the broadsword to parry an inside cut below the wrist.

1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 128/2 Half-circle parade, is a parade of the small sword, used against the thrust in low carte.

Derivatives

half-ˈcircular adj. semicircular.

ΚΠ

a1847 M. M. Sherwood Life ii. 19 The half-circular window over the hall-door.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2016).

单词	half-circle
释义	half-circlen. 1. The half of a circle; a semicircle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > semicircularity > semicircle semicircle1526 half-circle1552 hemicircle1603 hemicycle1603 demi-circle1654 semicirque1814 binant1938 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe circle, semicirculus. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 126 Describe in th' intersections in like maner, halfe circles. 1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 104 A double course of half circles. 1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. iii. 299 A little more than a half-circle. 2. attrib. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 128/2 Half-circle guard, in fencing, is one of the guards used with the broadsword to parry an inside cut below the wrist. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 128/2 Half-circle parade, is a parade of the small sword, used against the thrust in low carte. Derivatives half-ˈcircular adj. semicircular. ΚΠ a1847 M. M. Sherwood Life ii. 19 The half-circular window over the hall-door. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2016). < n.1552
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