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<hw>Hem"i*cra`ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hemicranis.</def>

<h1>Hemicycle</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw>Hem"i*cy`cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hemicyclus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A half circle; a semicircle.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room.</def>

<blockquote>The collections will be displayed in the <b>hemicycle</b> of the central pavilion. <i>London Academy.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hemidactyl</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*dac"tyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hemi-</er>, and <er>Dactyl</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus <spn>Hemidactylus</spn>. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.</def>

<h1>Hemi-demi-semiquaver</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i-dem`i-sem"i*quaver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + <ets>demi-semiquaver</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.</def>

<h1>Hemiditone</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*di"tone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + <ets>ditone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Mus.)</fld> <def>The lesser third.</def>

<i>Busby.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hemigamous</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>He*mig"a*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ marriage.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses.</def>

<h1>Hemiglyph</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"i*glyph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a carving.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.</def>

<h1>Hemihedral</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*he"dral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ seat, base, fr. <?/ to sit.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on <i>half</i> of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is <i>hemihedral</i> to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hem`i*he"dral*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hemihedrism</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*he"drism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.</def>

<h1>Hemihedron</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*he"dron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a <i>hemihedron</i>.</def>

<h1>Hemiholohedral</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*hol`o*he"dral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + <ets>holohedral</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.</def>

<h1>Hemimellitic</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*mel*lit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + <ets>mellitic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Having <i>half</i> as many (<i>three</i>) carboxyl radicals as <i>mellitic</i> acid; -- said of an organic acid.</def>

<h1>Hemimetabola</h1> <Xpage=685>