 Said of circles on a sphere whose plane passes through the center of the sphere, such as the equator and meridians of longitude.  Surveyor 1 and C - Side 315av United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - 1955 - 380 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1895 - 526 sider
...the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. 918. A Great Circle is any circle on a sphere whose plane passes through the center of the sphere. NOTE. — The circumference of a sphere is any great circle. 919. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight... | |
 | Sophia Foster Richardson - 1914 - 236 sider
...since the line segment joining them contains a point of the plane (§ 5, III, 2). 359. Definition. A circle on a sphere whose plane passes through the center of the sphere is called a great circle ; one whose plane does not pass through the center is called a small circle.... | |
 | Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - 1922 - 216 sider
...Hence the intersection of S and M is a circle of which C is the center. § 154 596. Great circle. A circle on a sphere whose plane passes through the center of the sphere is called a great circle. 597. Corollary I. All great circles of a sphere are equal and have for their... | |
 | United States. Department of the Air Force - 1959 - 430 sider
...Circle The daily apparent path of a body on the celestial sphere caused by the rotation of the earth. Great Circle Any circle on a sphere whose plane passes through the center of that sphere. Hour Circle A great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles... | |
 | John Woodruff - 2003 - 270 sider
...several different clusters are responsible, and there is no single Great Attractor. great circle A circle on a sphere whose plane passes through the center of the sphere. On the celestial sphere the celestial equator is a great circle, as are meridians (circles passing... | |
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