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单词 globular sailing
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globular sailing
globular sailing n. Obsolete navigation based on the fact that the surface being sailed over is spherical rather than plane; navigation by globular chart; = great circle sailing at circle n. 2b. Cf. plane sailing n. 1.
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1733 J. Kelly Mod. Navigator's Compleat Tutor I. (ed. 2) Pref. With Great Circle (Spherical, or Globular) Sailing, the Use of the Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, &c.
1823 Times 2 Jan. 1/5 (advt.) A Young Man wants a Situation to teach..trigonometry, navigation, globular sailing.
1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit., & Art (ed. 4) 1083 [Sailing] is called globular sailing, when the chart is a globular chart, or constructed on the supposition that the earth is a sphere.
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