the word is based off of latin words hemi, meaning half and sphere, meaning the globe therefore, a hemisphere is a half of the globe there are the north and south hemispheres and the east and west hemispheres. there is no northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast hemispheres since they only take up a quarter of the globe
The word atmosphere is similar to several words, and all have similar origins.Atmosphere comes from two words in ancient Greek:atmos steam sfaira spherehemisphere means half a sphere: hemi half in ancient Greek .Other similar words describe parts or layers of the atmosphere:* troposphere: tropos turn, change in ancient Greek * stratosphere: stratus a spreading outin Latin * mesosphere: mesos middle in ancient Greek * ionosphere: ion a form of the Greek verb to go
A hemisphere is half of a sphere. It is a three-dimensional shape that consists of a flat base and a curved surface that forms half of a complete sphere.
The word for half a sphere is a hemisphere.
Half a sphere is a hemisphere or the shape of a ball cut in half.
`ημί- = hemi- e.g. hemisphereakin to Latin semi- (both of ProtoIndoEuropean origin *semi-)
half-sphere hemisphere
A sphere that's cut in half o.o
it's a semi-sphere circle is to semi-circle as sphere is to semi-sphere
Half of a sphere is called a hemisphere. It consists of a flat surface cutting through the sphere, dividing it into two equal parts.
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of equator-the word hemisphere literally means 'half sphere'.
a half-sphere is called "hemisphere"