hemispherical

From hemi- + spherical.

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hemispherical

1. Having the shape of half a sphere.

   Split peas are hemispherical.

   • 1952 August, “Wind Velocity Records at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 545:

     Wind speed is measured by the conventional arrangement of three hemispherical cups, mounted at 120 deg. on a shaft which is geared to a cam.

2. Pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere of the Earth.

• hemispheric
• (shape) semiglobular