Definition of hemisphere

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Hemisphere (n.) Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture..

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Toucan :: Toucan (n.) A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.
Dualism :: Dualism (n.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other.
Argo :: Argo (n.) A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela..
Occident :: Occident (n.) The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere..
West :: West (n.) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident..
Claustrum :: Claustrum (n.) A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man.
Reindeer :: Reindeer (n.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate..
Pons :: Pons (n.) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain..
Hemispherical :: Hemispherical (a.) Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body..
Vallecula :: Vallecula (n.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum..
Santalaceous :: Santalaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalaceae), of which the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere..
Hydrus :: Hydrus (n.) A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole..
Paleogaean :: Paleogaean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere.
Lee :: Lee (n.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a..
Cassiopeia :: Cassiopeia (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia..
Auriga :: Auriga (n.) The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella..
Pinus :: Pinus (n.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine..
Callosum :: Callosum (n.) The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus..
Cygnus :: Cygnus (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan..
Hemispheroidal :: Hemispheroidal (a.) Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form..
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