Hemisphere is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hemisphere in a sentence
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Hemisphere meaning
- Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator .
- A realm or domain of activity .
- Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .
Synonyms of Hemisphere
Using Hemisphere
- The main meaning on this page is: Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator . | A realm or domain of activity . | Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .
- Useful related words include: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region.
- In the example corpus, hemisphere often appears in combinations such as: northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, western hemisphere.
Context around Hemisphere
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 16 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hemisphere
- In this selection, "hemisphere" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, northern, southern, leading, faces, facing and speech stand out and add context to how "hemisphere" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is the hemisphere facing the, the leading hemisphere is the, southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hemisphere" sits close to words such as commenced, exotic and kano, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hemisphere
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The company operates in two segments, Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. (11 words)
This shower favours the Northern Hemisphere, but is visible from the Southern Hemisphere too. (14 words)
The summer solstice in the northern hemisphere occurs in June and in the southern hemisphere in December. (17 words)
The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. (39 words)
This results in the Milky Way being sparser and dimmer in the Northern Hemisphere compared to the Southern Hemisphere, making the Northern Hemisphere more suitable for deep-space observation, as it is not "blinded" by the Milky Way. (38 words)
The large land masses in the Northern Hemisphere warm up faster than the oceans in the southern hemisphere can cool down, meaning the seasonal patterns of the northern half of the world drive overall global temperatures. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Callistoan surface is asymmetric: the leading hemisphere The leading hemisphere is the hemisphere facing the direction of the orbital motion; the trailing hemisphere faces the reverse direction.
The leading hemisphere is the hemisphere facing the direction of orbital motion; the trailing hemisphere faces the reverse direction.
The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March.
This results in the Milky Way being sparser and dimmer in the Northern Hemisphere compared to the Southern Hemisphere, making the Northern Hemisphere more suitable for deep-space observation, as it is not "blinded" by the Milky Way.
When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere faces the Sun more directly and thus experiences warmer temperatures than the Northern Hemisphere.
Conditions in the Northern Hemisphere have a greater impact on planetary averages because the land area there is larger than that in the Southern Hemisphere, and the land heats and cools faster than the oceans.
The company operates in two segments, Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere.
But both can be responsible for the aurora, also known as the Northern Lights or 'aurora borealis' in the northern hemisphere and the Southern Lights or 'aurora australis' in the southern hemisphere.
The large land masses in the Northern Hemisphere warm up faster than the oceans in the southern hemisphere can cool down, meaning the seasonal patterns of the northern half of the world drive overall global temperatures.
Where weather was warmer than usual, it was happening both in the southern hemisphere, which is in summer, and in the northern hemisphere, which is in winter.
The summer solstice in the northern hemisphere occurs in June and in the southern hemisphere in December.
But finding the same space-born element in both the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere data implies that the excess of cosmic rays could have come from the Sun.
The date is determined by the equinox, so is the same for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere, and is the same for the arrival of spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
This shower favours the Northern Hemisphere, but is visible from the Southern Hemisphere too.
Abnormal lateralization Much evidence from neuroimaging techniques has supported the theory that the right hemisphere of people who stutter interferes with left-hemisphere speech production.
As a consequence, for half the year the Northern Hemisphere is inclined toward the Sun while for the other half year the Southern Hemisphere has this distinction.
A similar search in the southern hemisphere would be a very good step towards complementing the northern hemisphere search as well as obtaining other objectives for study.
At the time of the flyby the southern hemisphere of Umbriel (like those of the other moons) was pointed towards the Sun, so the northern (dark) hemisphere could not be studied.
By contrast, people who stutter yield more activity on the right hemisphere, suggesting that it might be interfering with left-hemisphere speech production.
Definition This coordinate system divides the sky into the upper hemisphere where objects are visible, and the lower hemisphere where objects cannot be seen since the Earth obstructs vision.
Phrases with hemisphere
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with hemisphere
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- northern hemisphere 95×
- southern hemisphere 86×
- western hemisphere 28×
- hemisphere and 21×
- hemisphere is 11×
- the hemisphere 11×
- hemisphere where 10×
- hemisphere the 8×
- right hemisphere 7×
- hemisphere in 6×