half-circle
Britishnoun
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one half of a circle
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half the circumference of a circle
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anything having the shape or form of half a circle
Example Sentences
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A formation that was supposed to resemble a square, with one couple stationed neatly on each side, wound up looking more like a wavy half-circle.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024
To the south, across the Mexican border, loomed another luminous half-circle from the lights of Nogales.
From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2022
Capcom, which brings on another drag fighter, and no quarter or half-circle directional inputs.
From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2022
The sonar showed what appears to be stones in a half-circle, the Detroit Free Press reported.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2020
It was a bit of dark metal, a piece of broken jewelry perhaps, the half-circle of a broken ring.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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