semispherical

English

Etymology

semi- + spherical

Adjective

semispherical (not comparable)

  1. hemispherical, having the shape of a hemisphere
    • 1902, Arnold Henry Savage Landor, Across Coveted Lands:
      The thatched semispherical huts of palm tree leaves and tamarisk were also interesting, as was the windmill, identical with those already seen in Sistan.
    • 1914, Jacob Joshua Levison, Studies of Trees:
      The acorns, the largest among the oaks, are semispherical with the cups extremely shallow.
    • 1998 October 30, Anvar A. Zakhidov et al., “Carbon Structures with Three-Dimensional Periodicity at Optical Wavelengths”, in Science, volume 282, number 5390, →DOI, pages 897–901:
      Hence, the fracture surface consists of a periodic array of semispherical bowls.
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