According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
HEMICYCLE
semicircle, hemicycle
(noun) a plane figure with the shape of half a circle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hemicycle (plural hemicycles)
semicircle
(architecture) A semicircular structure
Source: Wiktionary
Hem"i*cy`cle, n. Etym: [L. hemicyclus, Gr.
1. A half circle; a semicircle.
2. A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room. The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the central pavilion. London Academy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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