great circle arc
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "If the string is gradually pulled tight, it begins to assume the position of what appears to be a great circle arc PAQ."
- "For example, a great circle arc on a given sphere is the shortest curve joining its end points if the arc consists of less than half a circle, ..."
- "The shortest distance between these two points is the great circle arc XY which is a part of the spherical triangle NXY."