Meaning

3 senses
  1. A half of a circle.

    Halbkreis

    полукру́гpolukrúg

    півко́лоpivkólo

    a plane figure with the shape of half a circle

  2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring angles; a graphometer.

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

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Mary placed the chairs in a semicircle.

    ruМэри сдвинула стулья в полукруг.

    deMaria stellte die Stühle in einem Halbkreis auf.

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  2. They sat in a semicircle around the fire.

    ruОни уселись полукругом у костра.

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  3. The teacher asked the students to place their chairs in a semicircle.

    deDer Lehrer hieß die Schüler einen Stuhlkreis bilden.

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  4. The teacher asked the students to draw their desks together into a semicircle.

    deDer Lehrer ließ die Schüler die Tische im Halbkreis aufstellen.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
half of a circle:
Русский
By meaning 1
half of a circle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
half of a circle:

Origin

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

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Forms

plural: semicircles
Singularsemicircle
Pluralsemicircles

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a plane figure with the shape of half a circle:hemicycle

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
semicircle — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto