hemisphere
/ˈhɛmɪsfɪr/
noun
- Half of the Earth, especially one of the halves divided by the equator (Northern and Southern) or by the prime meridian (Eastern and Western).
- The Western Hemisphere includes North and South America.
- Many tropical fruits grow only in the Southern Hemisphere.
- The Northern Hemisphere has its summer in June, July, and August.
- Either of the two halves of the brain (left and right).
- Creative thinking often involves the right hemisphere.
- The left hemisphere of the brain controls language in most people.
- Damage to one hemisphere can affect movement on the opposite side of the body.
- Half of a sphere or ball-shaped object.
- The dome was shaped like a hemisphere.
- The architect designed a glass hemisphere for the observatory roof.
- Each hemisphere of the orange contained several segments.