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semicircular

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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.
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Adj.1.semicircular - curved into a half circle
curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
Translations
semicircular [ˈsemɪˈsɜːkjʊləʳ] ADJ → semicircular
semicircular [ˌsɛmɪˈsɜːkjʊləʳ] adj → semicircolare
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This done, a broad, semicircular line is cut round the hole, the hook is inserted, and the main body of the crew striking up a wild chorus, now commence heaving in one dense crowd at the windlass.
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Although he was still under thirty, this forecasting habit had marked two semicircular lines above his eyebrows, which threatened, at this moment, to crease into their wonted shapes.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
The vicarage was set back from the highroad to Tercanbury, and from the dining-room one saw a semicircular strip of lawn and then as far as the horizon green fields.
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