Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
hemispherical .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to operating throughout a
hemisphere .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres
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Examples
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Stating his seriousness on “launching a new chapter” in hemispheric relations, he cautioned that issues and progress could be stymied if states dwelled on stale arguments.
Global Voices in English » Americas: 5th Summit Reactions 2009
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With so many leftist leaders in power, it is plausible to surmise that a left bloc of countries might challenge Washington's long-term hemispheric agenda.
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Fissures Over South American Left Integration Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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With so many leftist leaders in power, it is plausible to surmise that a left bloc of countries might challenge Washington's long-term hemispheric agenda.
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Fissures Over South American Left Integration Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » How Our Environmental Policy Evolved 2009
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The longterm hemispheric trend is best described as a modest and irregular cooling from AD 1000 to around 1850 to 1900, followed by an abrupt 20th-century warming.
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These are the things we ought to be saying to one another and I should like to see the Canadian Government taking a more active interest, other than its contributions made to the American Development Bank, in hemispheric problems.
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Figure 6 plots average annual variation of total ozone for the period 1958-1977 with reference lines for long term hemispheric and global averages.
RealClimate 2009
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I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms Jacob Weisberg 2004
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I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms Jacob Weisberg 2004
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The phenomenon, known as hemispheric asymmetry, is very little understood, and the international scientific community is currently taking a deep interest in it.
john commented on the word hemispheric
“By the way, we’re approaching the one-month-to-go mark on the George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown calendar. The presidential quote of the week is: ‘Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.’�?
The New York Times, Send In the Celebrities, by Gail Collins, December 17, 2008
December 19, 2008
skipvia commented on the word hemispheric
I keep telling myself it's only a month, but somehow that doesn't help much.
December 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word hemispheric
Best Christmas present I can think of. Actually, since my birthday is around the end of January, that's the best present I can think of.
December 19, 2008