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Northern Hemisphere

noun

  1. the half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator.


northern hemisphere

noun

  1. that half of the globe lying north of the equator
  2. astronomy that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator


Northern Hemisphere

/ nôrthərn /

  1. The half of the Earth north of the equator.
  2. The half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator.


Northern Hemisphere

  1. The northern half of the Earth 's surface; the half north of the equator .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Northern Hemisphere1

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

So if we Northern Hemisphere folks are looking for summer holiday traditions to adapt, Australia might have us covered.

From Vox

Another telescope, at Oukaïmeden Observatory in Morocco, came online to search for planets orbiting Northern Hemisphere stars in 2016.

That science could have been applied to climate change, as old tree rings and other data showed a rapid climb in Northern Hemisphere temperatures after the 1860s.

Chikungunya is on the radar now is because it has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere— the Caribbean to be precise.

Then, as they drew their isobars, the pattern for the northern hemisphere emerged.

The solar "minimum" for the northern hemisphere occurs on winter solstice, about December 21st each year.

I would draw your attention also to an entirely physical cause, which renders the southern colder than the northern hemisphere.

Celastrine, containing about fifty species, natives of the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.

What kind of climate characterised the northern hemisphere at the beginning of Pleistocene times?

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