hemispherical
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The ensemble was excited by a linearly polarized green laser with a wavelength of 532 nanometers, and a high refractive index hemispherical lens was used to enhance the collection efficiency of the laser-induced fluorescence.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
The site’s landmark “Buddhist stupa” — a large hemispherical structure associated with worship, meditation and burial — remains intact, Abbasi said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
That had 27 telescopes, each 7 centimeters across, looking outward from the surface of a hemispherical dome.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2022
The blast — the third-largest non-nuclear explosion in history — pushed out a fireball miles into the air, followed by a hemispherical shock wave that raced inland for six miles at supersonic speed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
But if the impacting object is larger or made primarily of rock, there is an explosion on impact that carves out a hemispherical bowl called an impact crater.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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