Noun: hemisphere 'he-mu,sfeer
- Half of a sphere
"The brain is divided into two hemispheres"
- Half of the terrestrial globe
"The Northern Hemisphere experiences summer when the Southern Hemisphere has winter"
- Either half of the cerebrum
"The left cerebral hemisphere is typically dominant for language in most people";
- cerebral hemisphere
Derived forms: hemispheres
Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, neural structure, subfigure
Part of: cerebrum, Earth, globe, world
Encyclopedia: Hemisphere