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  1. noun A half of a sphere bounded by a great circle.
  2. noun A half of a symmetrical, approximately spherical object as divided by a plane of symmetry.
  3. noun Either half of the celestial sphere as divided by the ecliptic, the celestial equator, or the horizon.
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  1. Middle English hemysperie, emyspire, etc.; in modern English according to the L.; = French hemisphère = Spanish hemisferio = Portuguese hemispherio = Italian hemisferio, from Latin hemisphærium, from Greek ἡμισφαίριον, a hemisphere, from ἡμι-, half, + σφαῑρα, a sphere.
 

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