[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hemisphere/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) / hemisphere

# hemisphere

noun (a hemisphere, hemispheres)

«hemisphere» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Half of a sphere (a ball shape). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#m1)
2. Half of the Earth: the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere (divided by the equator), or the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#m2)
3. One of the two halves of the brain (left hemisphere, right hemisphere). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography, the equator splits the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere (USA, Canada, UK, Ireland) and the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand); seasons are opposite, so when it is summer in one, it is winter in the other. In maths, a hemisphere is a 3-D shape: half a sphere, with one flat circular face and one curved face. In science, the brain has two hemispheres. Phrases: Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, left/right hemisphere.

### Examples

- Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#x1)
- Canada and the UK are in the Northern Hemisphere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#x2)
- When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#x3)
- The equator divides the Earth into two hemispheres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#x4)
- A hemisphere has one flat face and one curved face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#x5)
- Cut an orange in half and you have two hemispheres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#x6)
- The brain has a left and a right hemisphere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/#x7)

### Note

«Hemi-» means half, so hemisphere = half a sphere. Maths: a hemisphere has 2 faces (1 flat circle, 1 curved), 1 curved edge and 0 vertices. Its volume is half that of the whole sphere.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hemisphere» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hemisphere/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hemisphere» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hemisphere.html) on Mova free.