Vi fant 3 definisjoner av great circle på engelsk.
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| great circle - a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center | ||
| line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| celestial equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles | ||
| ecliptic the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic" | ||
| equator an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres" | ||
| celestial horizon, horizon the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" | ||
| hour circle a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles | ||
| line of longitude, meridian an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude" | ||
