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Meanings of hemicycle in English

Portuguese
semicírculo
Catalan
semicercle
Spanish
semicírculo

A plane figure with the shape of half a circle.

        semicírculo
        Synonyms
        Examples for "semicircle"
        Examples for "semicircle"
        1
        We drew up chairs and sat in a semicircle in the window.
        The Poison Belt
        2
        In this latter circle, the semicircle from the light took 5 hrs.
        The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants
        3
        The Siner home was a three-room shanty about midway in the semicircle.
        Birthright: A Novel
        4
        He had a row in a semicircle in front of his cave.
        An American Robinson Crusoe
        5
        The French and Patriot forces had Cornwallis enclosed in a large semicircle.
        New york: the novel
        Usage of hemicycle in English
        1
        This round room with tiered seating is known as the hemicycle.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Crossing the hemicycle, the old man reached an immense porch leading to the peristyle.
        A Cardinal Sin
        3
        So they descended within the hemicycle of hills.
        The Lion's Brood
        4
        The vast hemicycle was a compact mass of cheering deputies, all waving aloft in their hands papers and handkerchiefs.
        Paris War Days: Diary of an American
        5
        Basil pulled away the trailing leafage from a marble hemicycle, and, having spread his cloak upon it, begged tremorously that Veranilda would rest.
        Veranilda
        6
        On the stage all was silence, but a murmur like the humming of bees in a hive rose from the vast hemicycle filled with spectators.
        Thais
        7
        But let us step on to the hemicycle of the Belvidere, and view some works greater than any we have yet seen, or even imagined.
        Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
        8
        The 500 young people from 20 different countries filing into the European Parliament certainly seem impressed with the illuminated debating chamber known as the hemicycle.
        The Irish Times
        9
        Henriquel Dupont, that prince of engravers, was sending out wonderful proofs, such as Gustavus Vasa and the Hemicycle.
        Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
        10
        Undoubtedly the most remarkable of Watts' monumental paintings is the fresco entitled "Justice; a Hemicycle of Lawgivers," painted for the Benchers' Hall in Lincoln's Inn.
        Watts (1817-1904)
        11
        "Tell my lord that she whom he favours awaits him at the hemicycle in the garden, and guide him to me."
        The Lion's Brood
        Translations for hemicycle
        Catalan
        semicercle
        Hemicycle through the time