hemisphere : Idioms & Phrases

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cerebellar hemisphere

  • noun either of two lateral lobes of the cerebellum
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cerebral hemisphere

  • noun either half of the cerebrum
    hemisphere; cerebral hemisphere.
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Cerebral hemispheres

  • noun either half of the cerebrum
    hemisphere; cerebral hemisphere.
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  • . (Anat.) See Brain.
Webster 1913

eastern hemisphere

  • noun the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
    orient.
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left hemisphere

  • noun the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body
    left brain.
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Magdeburg centuries, Magdeburg hemispheres

  • . See under Century, and Hemisphere.
Webster 1913

Magdeburg hemispheres

  • (Physics), two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg.
Webster 1913

northern hemisphere

  • noun the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator
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right hemisphere

  • noun the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body
    right brain.
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southern hemisphere

  • noun the hemisphere to the south of the equator
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western hemisphere

  • noun the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
    occident; New World.
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