semicircle
Example Sentences
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For instance, traveling from the North Pole to the South Pole along Earth's surface follows a semicircle, which represents the shortest possible route on a sphere.
From Science Daily
The upper parts held her latest lace shawls, knit in the shapes of triangles, semicircles, and rectangles.
From Literature
The vans are parked in a semicircle, blocking the parking lot exit.
From Literature
Coal pulled each of them out of the safe and laid them in a semicircle.
From Literature
When you put it on you see before you four empty wooden chairs ranged in a semicircle.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
