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• Hemi engine — A Hemi engine (from hemisphere ) is an internal combustion engine in which the combustion chambers are of hemispherical form. Chrysler Corporation has registered HEMI as a trademark in the United States [United States Patent and Trademark Office… …   Wikipedia

• hemi — Engine using hemispherical shaped (half of a globe or sphere) combustion chambers. The valves are cocked at 45 degrees from the piston top. Mopars, despite their fame, are not the only cars with hemi heads. See engine type …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• hem|i|sphere — «HEHM uh sfihr», noun. 1. a half sphere or globe, formed by a plane passing through the center. 2. a) half of the earth s surface. North America and South America are in the Western Hemisphere; Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia are in the… …   Useful english dictionary

• hemisphere — Half of a spherical structure. SYN: cerebral h. (1) [TA]. [hemi + G. sphaira, ball, globe] h. of bulb of penis one of the lateral halves of the bulb of the penis that are separated by a median …   Medical dictionary

• Double (manifold) — For the equipment used to connect two air cylinders in SCUBA diving, see Manifold (scuba). In the subject of manifold theory in mathematics, if M is a manifold with boundary, its double is obtained by gluing two copies of M together along their… …   Wikipedia

• hemisphere — hem•i•sphere [[t]ˈhɛm ɪˌsfɪər[/t]] n. 1) geo geg (often cap.) half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere, esp. one of the halves into which the earth is divided 2) geo a map or projection representing one of these halves 3) math. a half of …   From formal English to slang

• hemisphere — [hem′i sfir΄] n. [ME hemisperie < L hemisphaerium < Gr hēmisphairion: see HEMI & SPHERE] 1. half of a sphere, globe, or celestial body; specif., a) any of the halves into which the celestial sphere is divided by either the celestial equator …   English World dictionary

• hemisphere — n. 1 half of a sphere. 2 a half of the earth, esp. as divided by the equator (into northern and southern hemisphere) or by a line passing through the poles (into eastern and western hemisphere). Derivatives: hemispheric adj. hemispherical adj.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Blows Against the Empire — Infobox Album | Name = Blows Against the Empire Type = Studio album Artist = Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship Caption = Released = 1970 Recorded = 1970 at Pacific High Recording, San Francisco and Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco Genre =… …   Wikipedia

• International Society for Labor Law and Social Security — The International Society for Labour and Social Security Law is an international association whose purpose is to study labour and social security law at the national and international level, to promote the exchange of ideas and information from a …   Wikipedia