Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The half of the earth south of the equator.
- noun Astronomy The half of the celestial sphere south of the celestial equator.
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- noun The
hemisphere of theEarth (or anycelestial body) to the south of its equator.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the hemisphere to the south of the equator
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Examples
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Following Magnetar's branding convention, Norma is a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere named for the Latin word for "normal."
The Big Picture Guest Author 2010
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So, for the Southern Hemisphere, that is coming up.
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MESERVE: Scientists are watching with particular interest the spread of H1N1 to the Southern Hemisphere, which is entering winter, prime flu season, and could act as a laboratory.
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Twenty-eight years of data, and the Southern Hemisphere is the same temperature it was twenty-eight years ago.
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Besser said that what now ensues in the Southern Hemisphere, which is just entering flu season, will be "critically important for us to understand as we think about the decisions around vaccination."
KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports 2009
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Besser said that what now ensues in the Southern Hemisphere, which is just entering flu season, will be "critically important for us to understand as we think about the decisions around vaccination."
Durangoherald.com 2009
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Besser said that what now ensues in the Southern Hemisphere, which is just entering flu season, will be "critically important for us to understand as we think about the decisions around vaccination."
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Because so much remains unknown about the current virus, Reingold added, scientists have to wait to see if it stops spreading when the current flu season ends in the Northern Hemisphere, and whether contagion breaks out in the Southern Hemisphere, which is just going into flu season now.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Besser said that what now ensues in the Southern Hemisphere, which is just entering flu season, will be "critically important for us to understand as we think about the decisions around vaccination."
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Besser said that what now ensues in the Southern Hemisphere, which is just entering flu season, will be "critically important for us to understand as we think about the decisions around vaccination."
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