ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Semicircular', Synonyms of 'Semicircular' & More on 'Semicircular'

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Cynthian, S-shaped, bicorn, corniform, crescent, crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentlike, falcate, falciform, horn-shaped, horned, lunar, lunate, luniform, lunular, menisciform, meniscoid, moon-shaped, moonlike, semilunar, sickle-like, sickle-shaped, sigmoid, two-horned

Dictionary Results for semicircular:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

semicircular
    adj 1: curved into a half circle

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Semicircular \Sem`i*cir"cu*lar\, a.
   Having the form of half of a circle. --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]

   Semicircular canals (Anat.), certain canals of the inner
      ear. See under Ear.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

curved \curved\ adj.
   1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
      straight.

   Note: [Narrower terms: arced, arched, arching, arciform,
         arcuate, bowed; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
         incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
         semicircular: serpentine, snaky: sinuate, sinuous,
         wavy: sinusoidal]

   Syn: curving.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
      touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
      orthotropous.

   Syn: campylotropous.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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