Hemisphered
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Shaped into a hemisphere or hemispheres.
"[T]hose which they call the eyes of Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimps, and the like, and are really so, are Hemispher'd, almost in the same manner as these of Flies are."
- 2 Having a (dominant) cerebral hemisphere of a specified kind.
"Objects situated in the right half of vision of a left-hemisphered infant would, by appearing larger, attract its attention."
Example
More examples"[T]hose which they call the eyes of Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimps, and the like, and are really so, are Hemispher'd, almost in the same manner as these of Flies are."
Etymology
From hemisphere + -ed.
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