Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great-circle arc

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: great--cir-cle arc
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a segment of a great circle

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

great-circle arcs (plural) great circle arc (alternative)

Questions

What does great-circle arc mean?: a segment of a great circle

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