More From encyclopedia.com
hemi- , hemi-. Greek word meaning ‘half’. It prefixes other words in architectural terminology. Examples include:hemi-cycle: semicircular room, part of a roo… from side to side , side / sīd/ • n. 1. a position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point: a town on the other side of the river on either side of th… something , half / haf/ • n. (pl. halves / havz/ ) either of two equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided: the northern half of the… side-necked turtle , side-necked turtles See PLEURODIRA. 196. Head , head / hed/ • n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the b… Affectation , AFFECTATION. Behaviour that does not come easily or naturally and therefore seems stilted, false, and often exaggerated. People ‘affecting’ the STYLE…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
hemicrania