semicircle

[ sem-i-sur-kuh l ]

/ ˈsɛm ɪˌsɜr kəl /

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noun

Also called sem·i·cir·cum·fer·ence

[sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/. half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.

anything having or arranged in the form of a half of a circle.

Origin of semicircle

From the Latin word sēmicirculus, dating back to 1520–30. See semi-, circle

OTHER WORDS FROM semicircle

sem·i·cir·cu·lar

[sem-i-sur-kyuh-ler] /ˌsɛm ɪˈsɜr kyə lər/, adjective sem·i·cir·cu·lar·ly, adverb sem·i·cir·cu·lar·ness, noun

Words nearby semicircle

semibold, semibreve, semicanal, semicentenary, semicentennial, semicircle, semicircular canal, semicircular duct, semicivilized, semiclassical, semicolon

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In less than sixty seconds he would become the focus of a hidden and annihilating fire from a semicircle of houses.

The Real Memorial Day: Oliver Wendell Holmes's Salute To A Momentous American Anniversary |Malcolm Jones |May 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He then spread his arms dramatically, drawing a semicircle of emptiness.

The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks |Max Brooks |January 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Close to the castle a semicircle of dark rocks, with a sandy base, over which the tide flowed, formed an ideal bathing place.

The Shadow of the Czar |John R. Carling
His troops extended in a semicircle from Alexandria to above Georgetown.

The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete |William T. Sherman

The French army was very strongly posted upon a range of heights forming a semicircle round the sources of the little Gheet river.

A History of England, Period III. |Rev. J. Franck Bright
Their flight was in the form of a wedge, and sometimes of a semicircle.

Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) |Alexander Philipp Maximilian, Prince of Wied
He swung one leg across the other, making his chair describe a semicircle.

The Wild Olive |Basil King

British Dictionary definitions for semicircle

semicircle

/ (ˈsɛmɪˌsɜːkəl) /

noun

one half of a circle
half the circumference of a circle

anything having the shape or form of half a circle

Derived forms of semicircle

semicircular (ˌsɛmɪˈsɜːkjʊlə), adjective semicircularly, adverb

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