Semicircular

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