Home / Thesaurus / great circle
Thesaurus: great circle
a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
Related headwords
centerdefinitioncirculardefinitionformeddefinitionintersectingdefinitionlinedefinitionpassingdefinitionplanedefinitionspheredefinitionsurfacedefinitiongreat black-backed gullfamilygreat blue heronfamilygreat blue lobeliafamilygreat blue sharkfamilygreat bowerbirdfamilygreat burdockfamilygreat bustardfamilygreat Caesar's ghostfamilygreat carefamilygreat cerebral veinfamilygreat crested grebefamilyGreat Danefamilygreat dealfamilygreat duckweedfamilygreat grandchildfamilygreat granddaughterfamilygreat grandfatherfamilygreat grandmotherfamilygreat grandparentfamily