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Recent Examples of semicircle
Throughout the lakeside walls on both the first and second floor, nearly floor-to-ceiling windows in the shape of a semicircle draw in plentiful light and views of the lake’s calming waters.
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
So does a semicircle with a radius of 1 (and an area of π/2, or approximately 1.57).
—Richard Green, Quanta Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
Corona Borealis, a delicate semicircle of seven stars, lies between them.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2025
John Hammersley connected two quarter circles with a rectangle, then cut a semicircle out of it to form a shape that resembled an old telephone.
—Richard Green, Quanta Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
So does a semicircle with a radius of 1 (and an area of π/2, or approximately 1.57).
—Richard Green, Quanta Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
Corona Borealis, a delicate semicircle of seven stars, lies between them.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2025
John Hammersley connected two quarter circles with a rectangle, then cut a semicircle out of it to form a shape that resembled an old telephone.
—Richard Green, Quanta Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for semicircle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semicircle
Noun
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Scientists had expected that radiation from the magnetic field of Uranus would darken the trailing hemispheres of its moons, but an analysis of the surfaces of Uranus’ four major moons — Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon — found the opposite.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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The dust then darkens the leading hemispheres of the two outer moons, which bear the brunt of the debris and shield the inner moons, Ariel and Umbriel, from going through the same thing.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Mine were located on meridians related to the elements of earth and space, which I was told signal a general imbalance between those elements in my life.—
Kayla Blanton,
Outside Online,
4 Apr. 2025
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According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, moonrise for the Indianapolis area will happen by roughly 5:26 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, crossing the meridian at 12:30 a.m. before setting at 8:36 a.m. Monday.—
John Tufts,
The Indianapolis Star,
9 Dec. 2024
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“Semicircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semicircle. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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