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hemispheric

hemispheric adjective: pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere.

Adjective

hemispheric (comparative more hemispheric, superlative most hemispheric)

  1. Pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere.
  2. (uncommon) Having the shape of half a sphere.
    Synonyms:
    semiglobular

Synonyms of hemispheric

Forms of hemispheric

comparativemore hemispheric
superlativemost hemispheric
alternative formhemisphæric

Origin of hemispheric

From hemisphere + -ic.

Words formed from hemispheric

Questions about hemispheric

What does hemispheric mean?
Hemispheric means pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere.
What part of speech is hemispheric?
Hemispheric is an adjective.

Words near hemispheric in the dictionary

  1. hemisphere
  2. hemispherectomies
  3. hemispherectomy
  4. hemisphered
  5. hemispheres
  6. hemispheric
  7. hemispherical
  8. hemispherically
  9. hemisphericity
  10. hemispherics
  11. hemispherity

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