[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hemisphere \hem"isphere\, n. l. hemisphaerium, gr. ?; ? half =
   ? sphere: cf. f. h'emisph`ere. see hemi-, and
   sphere.
   1. a half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided
      by a plane passing through its center.
      1913 webster

   2. half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same
      in a map or picture.
      1913 webster

   3. the people who inhabit a hemisphere.
      1913 webster

            he died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. --j. p.
                                                  peters.
      1913 webster

   cerebral hemispheres. anat. see brain.

   magdeburg hemispheres physics, two hemispherical cups
      forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air
      can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the
      pressure of the air. so called because invented by otto
      von guericke at magdeburg. hemispheric
see also:
hemi- sphere cerebral hemispheres brain magdeburg hemispheres 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hemisphere
     n 1: half of the terrestrial globe
     2: half of a sphere
     3: either half of the cerebrum syn: cerebral hemisphere
see also:
cerebral hemisphere 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "hemisphere":
   ambit, arena, bailiwick, beat, border, borderland, circle, circuit,
   demesne, department, domain, dominion, field, fifty percent,
   fifty-fifty, half, half-and-half, judicial circuit, jurisdiction,
   march, mediety, moiety, orb, orbit, pale, precinct, province,
   realm, round, semicircle, semisphere, sphere, walk

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