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Post by Trevor on Apr 24, 2014 22:14:42 GMT
Anyone have an idea why half a circle is a semicircle, but half a sphere is a hemisphere?
(I know, not really expecting logic.)
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Post by Twoddle on Apr 24, 2014 22:15:40 GMT
Anyone have an idea why half a circle is a semicircle, but half a sphere is a hemisphere? (I know, not really expecting logic.) How would I know? I'm not a demi-god. |
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Post by Verbivore on Apr 24, 2014 22:29:16 GMT
No diarrhoea, Trevor, but how about this one for a multiple of divisions: semihemidemisemiquaver - a one-hundred-and-twenty-eighth note in musical notation?  |
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Post by Trevor on Apr 24, 2014 22:51:51 GMT
Ooh, now I mentioned semiquavers and demisemiquavers when discussing this with my wife yesterday. I'd forgotten the next division was hemidemisemi, and had never come across the magnificent semihemidemisemi before.
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Post by Trevor on Apr 24, 2014 22:55:32 GMT
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Post by Dave on Apr 25, 2014 8:11:21 GMT
Your reference gives semi as Latin, hemi as Greek, and demi as Old French. |
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Post by Trevor on Apr 25, 2014 11:03:45 GMT
Your reference gives semi as Latin, hemi as Greek, and demi as Old French. Oops. Yes, typo on my part. Or typos. But the point remains the same despite the erroneous details. |
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Post by Twoddle on Apr 25, 2014 14:12:26 GMT
Is a demi-god the same as a semi-deity?
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