Eastern Hemisphere

[ ee-stern hem-i-sfeer ]

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noun

the eastern part of the terrestrial globe, roughly extending from the prime meridian east to the antimeridian: sometimes considered synonymous with the Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere technically does not extend into all of western Eurasia and Africa.

eastern hemisphere

that half of the globe containing Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, lying east of the Greenwich meridian
the lands in this, esp Asia

Eastern Hemisphere

/ ē′stərn /

The half of the Earth that includes Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, as divided roughly by the 0° and 180° meridians.
See more at prime meridian

First recorded in 1620–30

Some refineries on the Gulf coast will probably still require specific types of oil from the eastern hemisphere.

Greater progress in making pottery was made in the Western than in the Eastern Hemisphere during prehistoric times.

Both desired to see the lands of the Eastern Hemisphere from whence their fathers had come.

The Eastern Hemisphere, as we have seen, enjoys this advantage over the Western.

Here, then, was a beautiful introduction to the eastern hemisphere; fairly robbed before striking soundings.

This is where the three continents of the Eastern Hemisphere come together.

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