semicircle
IPA: sɛmisˈɝkʌɫ
noun
- Half of a circle.
- A surveyor's instrument for measuring angles; a graphometer.
- (soccer) An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To travel or move around in a semicircle.
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Examples of "semicircle" in Sentences
- It is the simple shape of a semicircle.
- In a semicircle, the position of honor is the center.
- In a semicircle, the position of honor is at the center.
- A semicircle of house fronts now defined the north side.
- Its graph is the upper semicircle centered at the origin.
- A toe of the straight leg draws a semicircle on the floor.
- The dancers hold hands and begin their dance in semicircle.
- The band set up in a semicircle in the studio with one microphone.
- Member of the Federal Council sit in a semicircle, facing the presidium.
- Another field method was with the use of string and a semicircle of wire.