hemispheres
Earth's two halves
Hemispheres are halves of a sphere.
The term most often refers to the Earth's northern and southern hemispheres (divided by the equator) or eastern and western hemispheres (divided by meridians).
In anatomy, the brain's left and right hemispheres control different functions: The left hemisphere processes language in most people.
Any rounded half qualifies: the hemisphere of a dome.
Midpoint circle of rotation
- northernToward the top
- southernToward the sunbelt
- easternToward the sunrise direction
- westernOf the sunset side
latitude · longitude · meridian · tropics · arctic · continent · landmass · Pacific
Seat of cognition
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- lobesRounded projecting parts
- left brainAnalytical cerebral hemisphere
- right brainHemisphere associated with creativity
corpus callosum · frontal · parietal · occipital · temporal · neocortex · gyri · sulci
Equal portions of whole
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- separationState of being apart
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- splitSeparation into parts
dichotomy · demarcation · dividing line · bilateral · midline · cleavage · segmentation · boundary
Perfectly round solid
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- halfEqual portion of two
- curvatureDeviation from flatness
- arcCurved line segment
convex · surface · section · plane · bisection · radius · diameter · great circle
Absence of balanced form
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- specializationConcentrated expertise in one field
- lateralityDominant side tendency
- polarityState of opposing forces
opposition · counterpart · difference · imbalance · disparity · divergence · complementarity · interdependence
equator
Midpoint circle of rotation
western · latitude · longitude · meridian · tropics · arctic · continent · landmass · Pacific · Atlantic
brain
Seat of cognition
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- lobesRounded projecting parts
- left brainAnalytical cerebral hemisphere
right brain · corpus callosum · frontal · parietal · occipital · temporal · neocortex · gyri · sulci · lateralization
halves
Equal portions of whole
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- separationState of being apart
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
split · dichotomy · demarcation · dividing line · bilateral · midline · cleavage · segmentation · boundary · axis
sphere
Perfectly round solid
arc · convex · surface · section · plane · bisection · radius · diameter · great circle · geodesic
asymmetry
Absence of balanced form
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- specializationConcentrated expertise in one field
- lateralityDominant side tendency
polarity · opposition · counterpart · difference · imbalance · disparity · divergence · complementarity · interdependence
- brain regionscerebrum, frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe
- Earthearth, Earth, globe, continent, axis
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- regionsregion, regions, area, areas, zone
- Worldearth, globe, planet, continents, continent
- geography termsmap, atlas, globe, compass, coordinates
hemispheresglobes
Round world representations
spheres · orbs · balls · wholes · entireties
hemispheresNorthern Hemisphere
Region above the equator
Southern Hemisphere · Eastern Hemisphere · Western Hemisphere · poles · equator
- Northern HemisphereRegion above the equator
- Southern HemisphereEarth beneath the equator
- right hemisphereBrain's creative, spatial half
- Western HemisphereEarth's American half
- left hemisphereBrain's logical half
- Eastern HemisphereEarth's longitudinal half containing continents oldest-known
interhemispheric, hemisphere, hemispheric, hemispherical, southern hemisphere