He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere.
J. P. Peters.
Cerebral hemispheres. (Anat.) See Brain. -- Magdeburg hemispheres
(Physics), two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a
cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to
illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto
von Guericke at Magdeburg.
{ Hem`i*spher"ic (?), Hem`i*spher"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
hÈmisphÈrique.] Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a
hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.
Hem`i*sphe"roid (?), n. [Hemi- + spheroid.] A half of a spheroid.
Hem`i*sphe*roid"al (?), a. Resembling, or approximating to, a
hemisphere in form.
Hem`i*spher"ule (?), n. A half spherule.
Hem"i*stich (?; 277), n. [L. hemistichium, Gr. "hmisti`chion; "hmi-
half + sti`chos row, line, verse: cf. F. hÈmistiche.] Half a poetic
verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
He*mis"ti*chal (?), a. Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also,
by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.
Hem`i*sys"to*le (?), n. (Physiol.) Contraction of only one ventricle of
the heart.
Hemisystole is noticed in rare cases of insufficiency of the mitral
valve, in which both ventricles at times contract simultaneously, as in
a normal heart, this condition alternating with contraction of the
right ventricle alone; hence, intermittent hemisystole.
Hem"i*tone (?), n. [L. hemitonium, Gr. &?;.] See Semitone.
{ He*mit"ro*pal (?), He*mit"ro*pous (?), } a. [See Hemitrope.] 1.
Turned half round; half inverted.
2. (Bot.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the
chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray.
Hem"i*trope (?), a. [Hemi- + Gr. &?; to turn: cf. F. hÈmitrope.] Half
turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
Hem"i*trope, n. That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.)
a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
He*mit"ro*py (?), n. (Crystallog.) Twin composition in crystals.
Hem"lock (?), n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.)
The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut
leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and
virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.
The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to
have been a decoction of Cicuta virosa, or water hemlock, by others, of
Conium maculatum.
2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, or Tsuga,
Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
The murmuring pines and the hemlocks.
Longfellow.