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Hemicycle   Listen
noun
Hemicycle  n.  
1.
A half circle; a semicircle.
2.
A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room. "The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the central pavilion."





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"Hemicycle" Quotes from Famous Books



... with his usual assurance. And in the corridor that surrounded the hemicycle they climbed up on to a narrow ledge in the wall and sat side by side in perfect luxury, not dreaming that they were doing anything unusual or undignified. As a fact, they were not. Other couples were perched on other ledges, and ...
— The Roll-Call • Arnold Bennett


Words linked to "Hemicycle" :   two-dimensional figure, plane figure, semicircle


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