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Bible Encyclopedias
Great Circle
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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The circle in which a sphere is cut by a plane is called a "great circle," when the cutting plane passes through the centre of sphere. Treating the earth as a sphere, the meridians of longitude are all great circles. Of the parallels of latitude, the equator only is a great circle. The shortest line joining any two points is an arc of a great circle. For "great circle sailing" see Navigation.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Great Circle'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/great-circle.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Great Circle'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/great-circle.html. 1910.
