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hemicycle

[ hem-i-sahy-kuhl ]

noun

  1. a semicircle.
  2. a semicircular structure.


hemicycle

/ -ˈsɪk-; ˈhɛmɪˌsaɪkəl; ˌhɛmɪˈsaɪklɪk /

noun

  1. a semicircular structure, room, arena, wall, etc
  2. a rare word for semicircle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • hemicyclic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • hem·i·cy·clic [hem-i-, sahy, -klik, -, sik, -lik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hemicycle1

1595–1605; < French hémicycle < Latin hēmicyclium < Greek hēmikýklion See hemi-, cycle
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Example Sentences

In the hemicycle the committee benches had disappeared; they had run parallel to the sections on the arc of a circle.

The hemicycle became the apse; the gallery, a clerestory; the hall, a central nave.

Above the terrace of the recesses, rose that of the Hemicycle.

In the hemicycle above are the Virgin and Child under a Byzantine canopy with angels and founders on either side.

His greatest work, however, and one which won him much fame, is his well-known Hemicycle in the Beaux Arts (p. 319).

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