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 Definitions of semicircle  [ˈsɛm ɪˌsɜr kəl]  

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Definition of 'semicircle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) semicircle
half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.

2.  semicircle
anything having or arranged in the form of a half of a circle.

Etymology:  (1520–30; < L sēmicirculus. See semi -, circle)

Definition of 'semicircle' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) semicircle, hemicycle
a plane figure with the shape of half a circle


Definition of 'semicircle' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) semicircle
a half circle
children sitting in a semicircle; a semicircular cake


Definition of 'semicircle' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) semicircle
the half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference

2. (noun) semicircle
a semicircumference

3. (noun) semicircle
a body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference

4. (noun) semicircle
an instrument for measuring angles


Translation of 'semicircle' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a half circle
The chairs were arranged in a semicircle round the speaker.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: halfsirkel Arabic flag Arabic: نِصْف دائِرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: полукръг
Brazilian flag Brazilian: semicírculo Czech flag Czech: půlkruh German flag German: der Halbkreis
Danish flag Danish: halvcirkel Greek flag Greek: ημικύκλιο Spanish flag Spanish: semicírculo
Estonian flag Estonian: poolring Farsi flag Farsi: نيم دايره Finnish flag Finnish: puolikaari
French flag French: demi-cercle Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲצִי עִיגוּל Hindi flag Hindi: अर्धवृत्त
Croatian flag Croatian: polukrug Hungarian flag Hungarian: félkör Indonesian flag Indonesian: setengah lingkaran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hálfhringur Italian flag Italian: semicerchio Japanese flag Japanese: 半円
Korean flag Korean: 반원 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pusratis, puslankis Latvian flag Latvian: pusaplis; pusloks
Malay flag Malay: separuh bulatan Dutch flag Dutch: halve cirkel Norwegian flag Norwegian: halvsirkel
Polish flag Polish: półkole Persian flag Persian: نيم دايره Pashto flag Pashto: نيمه دايره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: semicírculo Romanian flag Romanian: semicerc Russian flag Russian: полукруг
Slovak flag Slovak: polkruh Slovenian flag Slovenian: polkrog Serbian flag Serbian: polukrug
Swedish flag Swedish: halvcirkel Thai flag Thai: ครึ่งวงกลม Turkish flag Turkish: yarım daire
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 半圓形 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: півколо Urdu flag Urdu: نصف دائرہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hình bán nguyệt Chinese flag Chinese: 半圆形

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