hemicyclen.

/ˈhɛmɪsʌɪk(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1600s -cicle.

Etymology: < French hémicycle (1557 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin hēmicyclium , < Greek ἡμικύκλιον , < ἡμι- hemi- prefix + κύκλος circle.

A half circle, semicircle; a semicircular structure, as an orchestra or apse-like recess.

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

semicircle1526

half-circle1552

hemicircle1603

hemicycle1603

demi-circle1654

semicirque1814

binant1938

1603 B. Jonson Pt. of King's Entertainm. in Wks. (Rtldg.) 531/2 Upon the right hand of her..in a hemicycle was seated Esychia, or Quiet.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 170 The scaberd of his sword was red..the blade formed like a hemi-cicle.

c1790 W. Cowper Comm. Milton's Paradise Lost i. 616 Thus forming themselves into a hemicycle or half moon figure, that all might hear him.

1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 155 Earlier and larger churches seem to have been contented with the single hemicycle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	hemicycle
释义	hemicyclen. /ˈhɛmɪsʌɪk(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1600s -cicle. Etymology: < French hémicycle (1557 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin hēmicyclium , < Greek ἡμικύκλιον , < ἡμι- hemi- prefix + κύκλος circle. A half circle, semicircle; a semicircular structure, as an orchestra or apse-like recess. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > semicircularity > semicircle semicircle1526 half-circle1552 hemicircle1603 hemicycle1603 demi-circle1654 semicirque1814 binant1938 1603 B. Jonson Pt. of King's Entertainm. in Wks. (Rtldg.) 531/2 Upon the right hand of her..in a hemicycle was seated Esychia, or Quiet. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 170 The scaberd of his sword was red..the blade formed like a hemi-cicle. c1790 W. Cowper Comm. Milton's Paradise Lost i. 616 Thus forming themselves into a hemicycle or half moon figure, that all might hear him. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 155 Earlier and larger churches seem to have been contented with the single hemicycle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1603
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