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semicircle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Semicircle  \Sem"i*cir`cle\,  n. 
  1. 
  a  The  half  of  a  circle;  the  part  of  a  circle  bounded  by 
  its  diameter  and  half  of  its  circumference. 
  b  A  semicircumference 
 
  2.  A  body  in  the  form  of  half  of  a  circle,  or  half  of  a 
  circumference. 
 
  3.  An  instrument  for  measuring  angles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  semicircle 
  n  :  a  plane  figure  with  the  shape  of  half  a  circle  [syn:  {hemicycle}] 




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