hemispheric

[hem-i-sfer-ik]

adjective

1. of or relating to a hemisphere.

2. hemispherical.

Other Word Forms

• subhemispheric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hemispheric¹

First recorded in 1575–85; hemisphere + -ic

Example Sentences

Military action will very likely rally nationalist sentiment in Venezuela, fracture hemispheric consensus and drag the U.S. into a longer confrontation with messy spillovers, from uncontrolled migration to maritime security threats.

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U.S. intervention in Latin America dates back more than 200 years, when President James Monroe declared that the United States would reign as the hemispheric hegemon.

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The event’s program acknowledges that leftists have not been in conversation across borders in the way the right has, and vows to “remedy this crisis of hemispheric coordination.”

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China will feel emboldened to take Taiwan while US resources are tied up pursuing Trump’s hemispheric expansion, prompting Trump and Putin to offer Xi “a deal.”

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According to Astronomy Magazine, it may be a "more productive option" for northern hemispheric stargazers to plan on catching Tsuchinshan-ATLAS both this weekend and in mid-October, since the latter occasion could prove more fortuitous.

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