semicircle

See also: semi-circle

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ circle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

semicircle (plural semicircles)

1. A half of a circle.
2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring angles; a graphometer.

   Synonym: graphometer

3. (soccer) An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.

   Synonyms: penalty arc, the D

Translations

half of a circle

Armenian: կիսաշրջան (hy) (kisašrǰan) Asturian: semicírculu m Azerbaijani: yarımdairə Belarusian: паўкру́г m (paŭkrúh), паўко́ла n (paŭkóla) Bengali: অর্ধবৃত্ত (bn) (ordhobritto) Bulgarian: полукръг (polukrǎg) Carpathian Rusyn: піл'коля (pilʺkolja) Catalan: semicercle (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 半圓 / 半圆 (zh) (bànyuán) Estonian: poolring Faroese: hálvringur m, hálvsirkul m Finnish: puoliympyrä (fi) French: demi-cercle (fr) m Galician: semicírculo (gl) m German: Halbkreis (de) m Greek: ημικύκλιο (el) n (imikýklio) Ancient: ἡμικύκλιον n (hēmikúklion) Hebrew: חֲצִי עִגּוּל m (khatsí igúl) Hungarian: félkör (hu) Italian: semicerchio (it) m Japanese: 半円 (ja) (han'en) Korean: 반원(半圓) (ko) (banwon) Lao: ເຄິ່ງວົງກົມ (khœng wong kom) Latin: sēmicirculus m, hēmicyclium n Norwegian: Bokmål: halvsirkel m Nynorsk: halvsirkel m Occitan: semicercle m Persian: نیمدایره (fa) (nimdâyere), نیمگرد (nimgerd) Polish: półkole (pl) n, półokrąg m Portuguese: semicírculo (pt) m Romanian: semicerc (ro) n Russian: полукру́г (ru) m (polukrúg) Sanskrit: वृत्तार्ध (sa) (vṛttārdha) Spanish: semicírculo (es) m Swedish: halvcirkel (sv) c Tagalog: hatimbilog, balinugnog Thai: ครึ่งวงกลม (th) (krʉ̂ng-wong-glom) Ukrainian: півко́ло n (pivkólo) Welsh: hanner cylch m

graphometer — see graphometer

penalty arc — see penalty arc

Verb

semicircle (third-person singular simple present semicircles, present participle semicircling, simple past and past participle semicircled)

1. (ambitransitive) To travel or move around in a semicircle.

See also

• semicircular