hemisphere
Example Sentences
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There is snow in parts of Australia, but since the country is in the southern hemisphere, the winters there are short and they come during what is summer in the northern climes.
From Los Angeles Times
It offers new insight into China’s strategy and its expanding reach into the Western hemisphere.
Their analysis showed that pterosaurs had moderately enlarged brain hemispheres, a feature comparable to other dinosaur groups.
From Science Daily
The strategy usefully highlights the importance of removing malign interests from the hemisphere—albeit without mentioning Russia or China or Cuba as those influences.
The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere in the UK when Earth's axis is tilted at its furthest point from the Sun.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
