semispherical
- a variation of semispheric.
Example Sentences
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While sitting by the fireplace in his guesthouse, Wyler holds a gray, semispherical object about the size of a car tire.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 22, 2015
Finding Byzantium's semispherical dome ill-suited to the heavy snow of the north, the church's original architect replaced it with a bulbous cupola, which eventually developed into the characteristic onion shape.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the centre there was a big black stone, of semispherical shape like a tabourine; flames were burning upon it; an ebony cone, bearing a head and two arms, rose behind.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
The acorns, the largest among the oaks, are semispherical with the cups extremely shallow.
From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua
