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  • adjective Somewhat spherical in shape.

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  • adjective hemispherical, having the shape of a hemisphere

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Examples

  • Capillary forces pull the fluid from its reservoir to form a semispherical droplet hanging from its rim, like a drop of water on a faucet.

    Nanoscale Inkjet Printing | Impact Lab 2007

  • In the centre there was a big black stone, of semispherical shape like a tabourine; flames were burning upon it; an ebony cone, bearing a head and two arms, rose behind.

    Salammbo 2003

  • A golden chalice, encrusted with gems, tapered into a griffin's foot, clutching a silver semispherical base.

    The Reign of Istar Weis, Margaret 1992

  • The roofs of the three apsidal chapels are semispherical.

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • The acorns, the largest among the oaks, are semispherical with the cups extremely shallow.

    Studies of Trees Jacob Joshua Levison

  • The thatched semispherical huts of palm tree leaves and tamarisk were also interesting, as was the windmill, identical with those already seen in Sistan.

    Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

  • Pope, a spacious round chamber with semispherical ceiling, on which are painted the heavens with symbolical figures of the constellations; one of the latter, the lion, having two stars for eyes -- stars which a system of lighting causes to sparkle during the night.

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871

  • Pope, a spacious round chamber with semispherical ceiling, on which are painted the heavens with symbolical figures of the constellations; one of the latter, the lion, having two stars for eyes -- stars which a system of lighting causes to sparkle during the night.

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2 ��mile Zola 1871

  • Pope, a spacious round chamber with semispherical ceiling, on which are painted the heavens with symbolical figures of the constellations; one of the latter, the lion, having two stars for eyes -- stars which a system of lighting causes to sparkle during the night.

    The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871

  • "This device consists of a large semispherical esge made o!

    Sporting Magazine 1813

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