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Definition of Hemicycle
1. Noun. A plane figure with the shape of half a circle.
Generic synonyms: Plane Figure, Two-dimensional Figure
Derivative terms: Semicircular
Definition of Hemicycle
1. n. A half circle; a semicircle.
Definition of Hemicycle
1. Noun. semicircle ¹
2. Noun. (architecture) A semicircular structure ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hemicycle
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemicycle
Literary usage of Hemicycle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"DETAIL FROM THE hemicycle OF THE SORBONNE. simplification and omission has not
gone too far. The effect is as fine, perhaps, as in the « Ave Picardía Nutrix ..."
2. The Graecostasis of the Roman Forum and Its Vicinity by Charles James O'Connor (1904)
"THE hemicycle AND THE TRIBUNAL AURELIUM. The result of my study of the curved
terrace at the back of the Rostra, which is generally called the hemicycle for ..."
3. Recollections of a Royal Academician by John Callcott Horsley (1903)
"... de la Roche—"The hemicycle"—Horace Vernet—The Institut— Mr. Seth Thomson—Leighton
at the ... hemicycle ..."
4. The Atmosphere by Camille Flammarion (1873)
"It follows that at an equal distance from the centre there is much more wind in
the first hemicycle than in the second; hence the name of dangerous ..."
5. Views A-foot: Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff by Bayard Taylor (1863)
"... Galleries of the Vatican—Statues—Ancient Art—hemicycle of the Belvidere—The
Laocoon—The Divine Apollo—New Year's Day in Eome—The Quirinal Hill—St. John ..."
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