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Yritit hakea fraasilla, joka sisältää useita sanoja. Parempien hakutulosten saamiseksi kokeile hakea sanoja erikseen: great, circle

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Substantiivit

  1. (geometry) A circle defined as the intersection of the surface of a sphere and a plane which passes through the centre of the sphere.
  2. A segment of such circle representing the shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere.

Esimerkit

  • Wherever a navigator may be, it certainly would be to his advantage to be able to find the great circle, or shortest course, and the distance, to his port of destination, [....]
  • The shortest distance between two points on an ocean Mercator chart is not a straight line - it is a curve known as a 'great circle'.
  • Because the Earth's surface is curved, the shortest distance is actually a curve over the surface called a great circle.

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