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

Example sentences from the Web for semicircular

Saxon doorways have semicircular arches, and sometimes the head is shaped in the form of a triangle.

English Villages |P. H. Ditchfield
The arches of the lowest story are semicircular, of course, and are in two orders.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester |G. H. Palmer
Semicircular demi-boulevards were often constructed round the bases of the old masonry towers with the same object.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 |Various
The semicircular chancel arch is almost the only part of the 12th century work now surviving.

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys |Dugald Butler and Herbert Story

The semicircular dome of the entrance, which is whitewashed, forms an incongruity which mars the general effect of the faade.

Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water |Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent

British Dictionary definitions for semicircular

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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