hemisphere
noun /ˈhemɪsfɪə(r)/
/ˈhemɪsfɪr/
- one half of the earth, especially the half above or below the equator
- the northern/southern hemisphere
- In the northern hemisphere, December is a winter month.
WordfinderTopics Geographyb2- climate
- earth
- equator
- equinox
- hemisphere
- International Date Line
- latitude
- map
- planet
- tropic
- (also cerebral hemisphere)either half of the brain
- the left/right hemisphere of the brain
- one half of a sphere (= a round solid object)Topics Colours and Shapesc1
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘half the celestial sphere, the sky’): from Old French emisphere, via Latin from Greek hēmisphairion, from hēmi- ‘half’ + sphaira ‘sphere’.