4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: semicircular adj : curved into a half circle From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 26 Moby Thesaurus words for "semicircular": Cynthian, S-shaped, bicorn, corniform, crescent, crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentlike, falcate, falciform, horn-shaped, horned, lunar, lunate, luniform, lunular, menisciform, meniscoid, moon-shaped, moonlike, semilunar, sickle-like, sickle-shaped, sigmoid, two-horned
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