- Look up
hemisphere,
hemispheres, or
hemispherical in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Hemisphere may
refer to:
Hemisphere (geometry), a half of a sphere...
- The
Southern Hemisphere is the half (
hemisphere) of
Earth that is
south of the equator. It
contains all or
parts of five
continents (the
whole of Antarctica...
- The
Northern Hemisphere is the half of
Earth that is
north of the equator. For
other planets in the
Solar System,
north is
defined by
humans as
being in...
- The
Western Hemisphere is the half of the
planet Earth that lies west of the
Prime Meridian (which
crosses Greenwich, London,
United Kingdom) and east...
- In
geography and cartography,
hemispheres of
Earth are any
division of the
globe into two
equal halves (
hemispheres),
typically divided into northern...
-
spring equinox) in the
Northern Hemisphere and as the
autumnal equinox (or fall equinox) in the
Southern Hemisphere. On the
Gregorian calendar at 0°...
- The
vertebrate cerebrum (brain) is
formed by two
cerebral hemispheres that are
separated by a groove, the
longitudinal fissure. The
brain can thus be...
- The
Eastern Hemisphere is the half of the
planet Earth which is east of the
prime meridian (which
crosses Greenwich, London,
United Kingdom) and west of...
- The
lateralization of
brain function (or
hemispheric dominance/ lateralization) is the
tendency for some
neural functions or
cognitive processes to be...
- The land
hemisphere and
water hemisphere are the
hemispheres of
Earth containing the
largest possible total areas of land and ocean, respectively. By...
