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Northern Hemisphere

noun
  1. the half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator.
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Origin of Northern Hemisphere

First recorded in 1885–90
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northern hemisphere

noun (often capitals)
  1. that half of the globe lying north of the equator
  2. astronomy that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator
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Abbreviation: N hemisphere
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Northern Hemisphere

[nôr′ðərn]
  1. The half of the Earth north of the equator.
  2. The half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator.
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Northern Hemisphere

The northern half of the Earth's surface; the half north of the equator.

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