hemi

Clipping of hemisphere.

hemi (plural hemis)

1. (automotive) A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
2. (automotive) A combustion chamber with the hemispherical cylinder head from such an engine.
3. (automotive) A hemispherical cylinder head from such a motor.
4. (automotive) A vehicle equipped with such a motor engine.
5. (by extension) Domed versions of the above that have cylinder heads that are not exactly hemispherical

• (engine motor): hemi engine
• (cylinder head): hemi head

hem + i

hemi

1. Form of hem that does not require i to be placed after it

From English heme.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhemi/, [ˈhe̞mi]
• Rhymes: -emi
• Syllabification^(key): he‧mi
• Hyphenation^(key): he‧mi

hemi

1. (biochemistry) heme

• ihme, mehi

hemi

1. plural of hemo

hemi

1. Rōmaji transcription of へみ

hemi (forms)

1. first-person singular future active of hoti (“to be”)

hem + i

hemi

1. Form of hem that does not require i to be placed after it
   • 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu‎^[1], page 75:

     Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)