What is the meaning of the word hemisphere?

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beneath the North Pole

beneath the North Pole

North and South America

North and South America

the area between the equator and the tropics

the area between the equator and the tropics

one half of the earth

one half of the earth

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The word "hemisphere" refers to one half of the Earth. This can be in reference to the division of the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres by the Equator, or the Eastern and Western Hemispheres divided by the Prime Meridian.