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hemis

Syllables: He·mis

hemis is the plural of hemi.

Meaning of hemi

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

Adjective capitalized: Hemis

Hemis (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Dated form of Jemez.

Proper noun capitalized: Hemis

Hemis

  1. (dated) Dated form of Jemez.

Origin of hemis

Borrowed from Jemez hį́·mį́š (“people”).

Questions about hemis

What is hemis the plural of?
Hemis is the plural of hemi.
What part of speech is hemis?
Hemis can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near hemis in the dictionary

  1. hemiray
  2. hemirays
  3. hemiretina
  4. hemiretinal
  5. hemiretinas
  6. hemis
  7. hemisacrum
  8. hemiscalp
  9. hemiscalps
  10. hemiscreen
  11. hemiscreens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemis (page history and authors); Hemis (page history and authors); hemi (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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