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semicircle

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sem·i·cir·cle  (sm-sûrkl)
n.
1. A half of a circle as divided by a diameter.
2. An object or arrangement of objects or people in the shape of half a circle.

semi·circu·lar (-ky-lr) adj.

semicircle [ˈsɛmɪˌsɜːkəl]
n
1. (Mathematics)
a.  one half of a circle
b.  half the circumference of a circle
2. anything having the shape or form of half a circle
semicircular  [ˌsɛmɪˈsɜːkjʊlə] adj
semicircularly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.semicirclesemicircle - a plane figure with the shape of half a circle
plane figure, two-dimensional figure - a two-dimensional shape
Translations
semicircle [ˈsemɪˌsɜːkl] Nsemicírculo m

semicircle [ˈsɛmɪˌsɜːkl] nsemicerchio
semicircle [ˈsɛmɪˌsɜːkl] nsemicerchio

semicircle
n semicircle [ˈsemisəːkl]
a half circle The chairs were arranged in a semicircle round the speaker. halfsirkel نِصْف دائِرَه полукръг půlkruh halvcirkel der Halbkreis ημικύκλιο semicírculo poolring نيم دايره puoliympyrä demi-cercle חֲצִי עִיגוּל अर्धवृत्त polukrug félkör setengah lingkaran hálfhringur semicerchio 半円 반원 pusratis, puslankis pusaplis; pusloks separuh bulatan halve cirkel halvsirkel półkole semicírculo semicerc полукруг polkruh polkrog polukrug halvcirkel ครึ่งวงกลม yarım daire 半圓形 півколо نصف دائرہ hình bán nguyệt
adj semiˈcircular [-ˈsəːkju-]
halfsirkelagtig نِصْف دائِري، شِبْه دائِري нареден в полукръг půlkruhový halvcirkulær; halvcirkel- halbkreisförmig ημικυκλικός semicircular poolringikujuline نيم دايره اي puoliympyrän muotoinen semi-circulaire בְּצוּרַת חֲצִי עִיגוּל अर्धवृत्ताकार polukružni félkör alakú berbentuk setengah lingkaran sem myndar hálfhring semicircolare 半円の 반원(형)의 išdėstytas puslankiu pusapļa-; pusloka- seperti separuh bulatan halfcirkelvormig halvsirkelformet półkolisty semicircular semi­cir­cular полукруглый polkruhový polkrožen polukružni halvcirkelformig ที่เป็นครึ่งวงกลม yarım dairesel 半圓形的 напівкруглий نصف دائرے کی طرح có hình bán nguyệt

semicircle نصف دائرة polokruh halvcirkel Halbkreis ημικύκλιο semicírculo puoliympyrä demi-cercle polukrug semicerchio 半円 반원 halve cirkel halvsirkel półkole semicírculo полукруг halvcirkel ครึ่งวงกลม yarım daire hình bán nguyệt 半圆形


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The Priests were to be painted in the same way, red being applied to that semicircle in which the eye and mouth formed the middle point; while the other or hinder semicircle was to be coloured green.
This is a semicircle cut into the lawn and edged with privet, and in this semicircle are eleven beds of different sizes bordered with box and arranged round a sun-dial, and the sun-dial is very venerable and moss-grown, and greatly beloved by me.
With its faint, grey streaks came the savages of Bekwando, crawling up in a semicircle through the long, rough grass, then suddenly, at a signal, bounding upright with spears poised in their hands - an ugly sight in the dim dawn for men chilled with the moist, damp air and only half-awake.
 
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