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great-circle arcs

great-circle arcs is the plural of great-circle arc.

Meaning of great-circle arc

Noun

great-circle arc (plural great-circle arcs)

  1. a segment of a great circle
    • This causes a greater deviation of the ground trace from a great-circle arc due to the increased effect of Earth's rotation.2006, Irfan Ali, Pierino G. Bonanni, Naofal Al-Dhahir, John E. Hershey, Doppler Applications in LEO Satellite Communication Systems, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 66

Questions about great-circle arcs

What is great-circle arcs the plural of?
Great-circle arcs is the plural of great-circle arc.

Words near great-circle arcs in the dictionary

  1. Great Yeldham
  2. great-
  3. great-aunt
  4. great-aunts
  5. great-circle arc
  6. great-circle arcs
  7. great-go
  8. great-goes
  9. great-gos
  10. great-grand
  11. great-grandaunt

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