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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a plane figure with the shape of half a circle;
[syn: semicircle, hemicycle]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hemicycle \Hem"i*cy`cle\, n. [L. hemicyclus, Gr. ?; ? + ky`klos.] 1. A half circle; a semicircle. [1913 Webster] 2. A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room. [1913 Webster] The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the central pavilion. --London Academy. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hemicycle n 1: a plane figure with the shape of half a circle [syn: semicircle, hemicycle]