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semispheric

or sem·i·spher·i·cal

[sem-ee-sfeer-ik or sem-ee-sfeer-i-kuh l; -sfer-, sem-ahy-]
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adjective
  1. shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
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Origin of semispheric

1655–65; semi- + spheric
Related formssem·i·sphere [sem-i-sfeer] /ˈsɛm ɪˌsfɪər/, noun
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Historical Examples

  • It was a semi-sphere, open at the top, and but one inch in diameter.

    The Boy Hunters

    Captain Mayne Reid