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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 circleplay

  Familiarity information: HEMICYCLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEMICYCLE (noun)


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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