How to Spell hemisphere

hemisphere

hemisphere - noun

  • A half of the celestial sphere as divided into two halves by the horizon , the celestial equator, or the ecliptic
  • Half of a spherical or roughly spherical body (such as a planet)
  • The inhabitants of a hemisphere of the Earth
  • An area of knowledge or activity : sphere, province
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"a hemisphere of life heretofore unknown to us"

hemisphere - thesaurus

Synonyms: meridian, semicircle, halvers, component, constituent, division, element, fraction

Antonyms: aggregate, sum, total, whole

Etymology

Middle English hemispere, from Latin hemisphaerium, from Greek hēmisphairion, from hēmi- + sphairion, diminutive of sphaira sphere