Meaning of great-circle arc | Babel Free
Equivalents
Dansk
storcirkelbue
Examples
“This causes a greater deviation of the ground trace from a great-circle arc due to the increased effect of Earth's rotation.”
“The two axes connected by the solid but incomplete great-circle arc were measured along a single sahlfold axial surface on opposite sides of a tubular fold ; ...”
“... it may be swung in a meridian-plane, and a great-circle arc having a radial pivot in said meridian-plane, ...”
“Any great-circle arc of length #92;theta between zero and #92;pi is uniquely identified by its two end points, say a and b.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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