semicircle
pronunciation
How to pronounce semicircle in British English:
UK [ˈsemisɜːkl]
How to pronounce semicircle in American English:
US [ˈsemisɜːrkl]
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- Noun:
- a plane figure with the shape of half a circle
Word Origin
- semicircle (n.)
- 1520s, from semi- + circle (n.) or else from Latin semicirculus.
Example
- 1. They sat in a semicircle .
- 2. They are sitting in a semicircle .
- 3. We sat in semicircle aboutthe fire .
- 4. Inside , though , as we gathered in a semicircle around the bed , I doubted my words .
- 5. An air bubble ascending from the ocean floor contorts and twists into a semicircle as a wave breaks in the background .