Meaning & use
semicircle
A half of a circle, bounded by a diameter and half of the circumference.
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The students arranged their chairs in a semicircle facing the teacher.
The garden's semicircle of rose bushes framed the stone fountain nicely.
A note on using this word
Semicircle is common in everyday descriptions of arrangement, not just in formal geometry.
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