| 单词 | great circle route |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat circle route C1. General attributive, chiefly with reference to the use of great circles in navigation, as great circle route, etc. ΚΠ 1595 J. Davis Seamans Secrets i. sig. A1 Great Circle Navigation, which teacheth how vpon a great Circle drawn betweene any 2. places assigned,..the Ship may be conducted. 1848 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 18 p. lxvii If..we take a common terrestrial globe, and draw a string tightly across it from Panama to Shanghae, it will show the shortest distance between the two places, and will represent the great circle route between them. 1881 Science 24 Sept. 457/1 The great circle track between San Francisco, Cal., and Yokohama, Japan, reaches nearly to latitude 52° N. 1952 R. B. Fuller in Perspecta 1 30/1 The new structure has been named geodesic structure because of its employment of great circle geometry. 1996 Economist 17 Aug. 22/3 European airlines, such as Lufthansa of Germany and Cargolux of Luxembourg, also use Prestwick, which is on a great circle route between Europe and North America. < as lemmas |
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