usually hemispherical: having the shape of a half of a sphere or a roughly spherical body : having the shape of a hemisphere
a hemispherical bowl
The hemispherical combustion chamber has been around since the early 1900s but found limited production acceptance until the middle part of the century. Owen Brady
The ground erupts in perfectly hemispheric hills that the locals call knobs. Alex Halberstadt
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: relating to or representing one of the hemispheres (see hemispheresense 1b) of the earth
… analyses of global, hemispheric and regional climate change over the last century … Daniel J. Leathers
Previous studies report hemispherical anomalies for seismic P waves propagating through the uppermost isotropic inner core … Marc Monnereau et al.
Thousands of anti-globalization protesters are expected to show up this week in Quebec as heads of state from 34 nations arrived to discuss a hemispheric free-trade zone. Susannah Meadows et al.
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anatomy: of, relating to, or involving one of the brain's two cerebral hemispheres
right hemispheric ischemic stroke
Apraxia, or difficulty in selecting appropriate hand movements, is very common after left hemispheric damage. Doreen Kimura
Word History
Etymology
hemispheric in part from hemisphere + -ic entry 1, in part borrowed from Middle French hemispherique; hemispherical from hemispheric + -al entry 1