Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hemicycle

Hemicycle , noun

[Latin hemicyclus, Greek {not transcribed}; {not transcribed} + ky`klos.]

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