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What does hemicycle mean?

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Noun
  1. semicircle
  2. (architecture) A semicircular structure
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But let us step on to the hemicycle of the Belvedere, and view some works greater than any we have yet seen or even imagined.
Minutes before the official announcement in the futuristic hemicycle arena, he gave a thumbs up to his 12-year-old son Peter and daughter Grace as they sat in the gallery.
Those who distort the use of words in this hemicycle must be penalised, forbidden entry or have their mobile telephones confiscated.
Members who are now in their offices and who wish to follow this debate should take this into account and come down into the hemicycle.
Delaroche incorporated a widely admired portrait of Antonello da Messina in his 1841 hemicycle at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
It can be seen that this and similar great dials were applications of the hemicycle idea on a large scale.

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