Great Circle
nounid
65139·updated May 18, 2026verified
a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Great Circles
- possessive
- Great Circle's
- pluralpossessive
- Great Circles'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
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