hemispherical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.32 in modern English

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"Split peas are hemispherical."
"Wind speed is measured by the conventional arrangement of three hemispherical cups, mounted at 120 deg. on a shaft which is geared to a cam."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English spherical English hemispherical From hemi- + spherical.

bihemispherical conicohemispherical hemispherically interhemispherical subhemispherical

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What does hemispherical mean?

Having the shape of half a sphere.

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