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Hemi is short for hemispherical. It refers to the heads on an engine that are basicaly domed in shape. It is supposed to provide more compression area allowing more fuel mixture to be ignited at a time thus increasing horsepower. I'm fairly certain I'm remembering the definition correctly.

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