GREAT CIRCLE
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Great Circle.
Great Circle - as a noun
A circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
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Example Sentences
"The equator is a great circle that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres."
"A flight from New York to London follows a great circle route."
"The shortest distance between two points on the Earth's surface is along a great circle."
"The Tropic of Cancer is a parallel of latitude that is not a great circle."
"A great circle intersects the Earth's surface in two antipodal points."
