semi-globen.
The half of a globe; a hemisphere or hemispherical form, structure, etc.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > hemisphere
hemisphere1585
semisphere1659
half-round1718
semi-globe1748
demi-globe1799
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 312 A semi-globe, with the flat surface upwards.
1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 142 I do not..determine, whether Semi-globes, or common square Lamps, will prove most commodious.
1787 A. Young Jrnl. 8 June in Trav. France (1792) i. 17 The hills..swell in beautiful semi-globes.
1861 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. vii. v. 307 Diodorus conceived it [sc. the Milky Way] to be a dense celestial fire, shewing itself through the clefts of the starting and dividing semi-globes.
1875 R. R. Brash Eccl. Archit. Ireland 43 The next order is enriched with a line of semiglobes.
Derivatives
semi-ˈglobose adj. of the form of a semi-globe or hemisphere.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > hemispherical
hemispheric1585
hemispherical1624
semi-spherical1661
hemisphered1665
semi-globular1721
semi-globose1818
1818 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (ed. 3) I. vi. 199 The red semi~globose bodies of the gravid females.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 159 A semiglobose univalve.
semi-ˈglobular adj. of the form of a semi-globe or hemisphere.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > hemispherical
hemispheric1585
hemispherical1624
semi-spherical1661
hemisphered1665
semi-globular1721
semi-globose1818
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Semiglobular, of the Form of half a Globe.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 100 The central semiglobular ventricular cavity.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlii. 35 The irregular chalk table-land or plateau, bosomed with semi-globular tumuli.
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