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hemicycle

hemicycle noun: a semicircle.

Noun

hemicycle (plural hemicycles)

  1. A semicircle.
  2. A semicircular structure.

Forms of hemicycle

pluralhemicycles

Origin of hemicycle

From hemi- + cycle.

Questions about hemicycle

What does hemicycle mean?
Hemicycle means a semicircle.
What part of speech is hemicycle?
Hemicycle is a noun.
What is the plural of hemicycle?
The plural of hemicycle is hemicycles.

Words near hemicycle in the dictionary

  1. hemicrystalline
  2. hemicube
  3. hemicubes
  4. hemicyanine
  5. hemicyanines
  6. hemicycle
  7. hemicycles
  8. hemicyclic
  9. hemicylinder
  10. hemicylinders
  11. hemicylindric

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