great circle or orthodrome is the circular intersection of a sphere and a plane passing through the sphere's center point. Any arc of a great circle is...
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is based on the...
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The great-circle distance, orthodromic distance, or spherical distance is the distance between two points on a sphere, measured along the great-circle arc...
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up great circle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Great Circle may refer to: The Great Circle, a 1997 novel by Peter Prince The Great Circle, the...
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Great Circle is a 2021 novel by American writer Maggie Shipstead, published on May 4, 2021, by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel was shortlisted for the 2021...
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Great-circle navigation or orthodromic navigation (related to orthodromic course; from Ancient Greek ορθός (orthós) 'right angle' and δρόμος (drómos) 'path')...
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Longest flights (section By great-circle distance)
different ways. The most common standard flight length measurement is by great-circle distance, a formula that calculates the shortest distance across the...
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of the circle and the centre is called the radius. The circle has been known since before the beginning of recorded history. Natural circles are common...
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contrasted with a great circle, which is the path of shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere. On a great circle, the bearing to...
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The Big Circle Gang or Big Circle Boys is a Chinese triad which was established in Hong Kong in the 1970s. They were given the moniker "Big Circle Gang"...
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