hemisphere

• n. 半球

半球、球、球と語源は同じ。

hemisphere (n.)

late 14c., hemysperie, in reference to the celestial sphere, from Latin hemisphaerium, from Greek hemisphairion, from hemi- "half" (see hemi-) + sphaira "sphere" (see sphere). Spelling reformed 16c. Of the Earth, from 1550s; of the brain, 1804.

1. This animal is to be found only in the Southern Hemisphere .

この動物は南半球でしか見つけられない.

2.Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.

あなたの左半分の脳は体の右半身を制御します。

3.They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere .

彼らは、神が西半球で最も貧しい国に教義を広めるようにと言った。

4.Other growers in the northern hemisphere have planted less.

北半球小麦生産国の栽培面積は少ない。

5.In most people，the left hemisphere is bigger than the right.

多くの人の左脳は右脳より大きい。