Hemisphere \Hem"i*sphere\, n. [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. ?; ? half =
   ? sphere: cf. F. h['e]misph[`e]re. See Hemi-, and
   Sphere.]
   1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided
      by a plane passing through its center.
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   2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same
      in a map or picture.
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   3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere.
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            He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. --J. P.
                                                  Peters.
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   Cerebral hemispheres. (Anat.) See Brain.

   Magdeburg hemispheres (Physics), two hemispherical cups
      forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air
      can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the
      pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto
      von Guericke at Magdeburg. Hemispheric

Magdeburg \Mag"de*burg\, n.
   A city of Saxony.
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   Magdeburg centuries, Magdeburg hemispheres. See under
      Century, and Hemisphere.
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