Definitions of hemisphere

1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.

2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture.

3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere.

4. A half sphere or globe.

5. A half- sphere: half of the globe, or a map of it.

6. A half- sphere.

7. Half a sphere or globe, bisected by a plane passing through its centre; a map of it.

8. A representation of half the earth; a half sphere or globe; in anat., applied to each lateral half of the brain.

9. Hemispheric, hemispherical.