hemitrope

(hem’i-trép), a. and. [ the halves of the globe north and south of the equator, or corresponding divisions of the heavens or celestial globe. half, + tpor#, a turning.] I, a. Half-turned: hemispheric (hem-i-sfer’ik), a [= F. hémispecifically applied in mineralogy to a comsphérique = It. emisferico,