'Semicircular' definitions:
Definition of 'semicircular'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Curved into a half circle
Definition of 'Semicircular'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'semicircular'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'semicircular'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bicorn,
- corniform,
- crescent,
- crescent-shaped,
- crescentic,
- crescentiform,
- crescentlike,
- Cynthian,
- falcate,
- falciform,
- horn-shaped,
- horned,
- lunar,
- lunate,
- luniform,
- lunular,
- menisciform,
- meniscoid,
- moon-shaped,
- moonlike,
- S-shaped,
- semilunar,
- sickle-like,
- sickle-shaped,
- sigmoid,
- two-horned