Usually means: Half of a full circle.
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  1. semicircles: Merriam-Webster
  2. semicircles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. semicircles: Vocabulary.com
  4. semicircles: Wordnik
  5. semicircles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. semicircles: Wiktionary
  7. semicircles: Dictionary.com
  8. semicircles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. semicircles: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. semicircles: Encyclopedia

(Note: See semicircle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (semicircle)

noun:  A half of a circle.
noun:  A surveyor's instrument for measuring angles; a graphometer.
noun:  (soccer) An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To travel or move around in a semicircle.
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