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Definition of Eastern hemisphere

1. Noun. The hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia.

Definition of Eastern hemisphere

1. Noun. The hemisphere of the Earth to the east of the Greenwich Meridian (zero degree longitude) and west of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line). ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of Eastern Hemisphere) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastern Hemisphere

Literary usage of Eastern hemisphere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"The Deserts of the eastern hemisphere, i. The Desert District of North Africa and South- West Asia. Extent. Climate. Character of the country. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"About half of 'them have powerfully prehensile tails, a character unknown among the monkeys of the eastern hemisphere. Bats are very numerous, ..."

3. Harper's Introductory Geography (1883)
"What is the eastern hemisphere sometimes called? Why? When and by whom was the New World discovered ? ... Which continents are in the eastern hemisphere ? ..."

4. "Realms of Gold": A Catalogue of Maps in the Library of the American by Murphy D. Smith (1991)
"87a-87b [eastern hemisphere. A topographical map showing Europe, Africa and Asia. 1796]. Scale: 13.7 cm. diameter. Size: 14.6 x 15.9 cm. ..."

5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1907)
"In Table V., where the groups seen in each lune were summed up together, the preponderance of the eastern hemisphere was 9-4 per cent. ..."

6. The Art of Debate by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1900)
"EXPANSION IN THE eastern hemisphere. (Speech delivered by Mr. Edward Sherwood Meade, of the University of Pennsylvania, in the Cornell-Pennsylvania Debate ..."

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