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HEMICYCLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemicycle mean?
• HEMICYCLE (noun)
The noun HEMICYCLE has 1 sense:
1. a plane figure with the shape of half a circle
Familiarity information: HEMICYCLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plane figure with the shape of half a circle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
hemicycle; semicircle
Hypernyms ("hemicycle" is a kind of...):
plane figure; two-dimensional figure (a two-dimensional shape)
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