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hemi

hemi noun: a motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.

Noun

hemi (plural hemis)

  1. A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
  2. A combustion chamber with the hemispherical cylinder head from such an engine.
  3. A hemispherical cylinder head from such a motor.
  4. A vehicle equipped with such a motor engine.
  5. (broadly) Domed versions of the above that have cylinder heads that are not exactly hemispherical

hemi meaning in Tamil

hemi in Tamil

அரை, பாதி

Synonyms of hemi

  • hemi engine
  • hemi head

Forms of hemi

pluralhemis

Origin of hemi

Clipping of hemisphere.

Questions about hemi

What does hemi mean?
Hemi means a motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
What is hemi in Tamil?
Hemi in Tamil is அரை, பாதி. See Hemi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hemi?
Hemi is a noun.
What is the plural of hemi?
The plural of hemi is hemis.

Words near hemi in the dictionary

  1. hemeroside
  2. hemerythrin
  3. hemerythrins
  4. hemes
  5. Hemet
  6. hemi
  7. hemi-
  8. hemi-icosahedron
  9. hemi-inattention
  10. hemi-PMO
  11. hemi-prosopometamorphopsia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemi (page history and authors); hemi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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