"semi-orb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semi-orbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} semi-orb (plural semi-orbs)
  1. hemisphere
    Sense id: en-semi-orb-en-noun-BBldioy8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The Terraqueous Globe comprehending Sea and Land, Rivers and Lakes, ſtands divided by modern Geographers into two Semi-Orbs, viz. the Old, and New World.",
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          "ref": "1819, Edward Daniel Clarke, Travels in Various Countries of Europe Asia and Africa, Part the Third: Scandinavia, section 1, page 485:",
          "text": "At first, half the periphery was visible in the horizon, like an arch of fire, with the most brilliant indentations. Soon afterwards, a new and singular phænomenon was displayed: the upper part of this semi-orb seemed separated from its truncated segment below, and remained suspended above it, like a lambent flame over an expiring lamp; […]",
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