| 单词 | great circle sailing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat circle sailing b. Nautical. great circle sailing: navigation along the arc of a great circle of the earth. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > types of navigation great circle sailing1595 loxodromics1704 oblique sailing1704 orthodromics1704 right sailing1704 parallel sailing1705 orthodromy1706 plane sailing1749 composite sailing1850 loxodromy1855 radio navigation1926 hyperbolic navigation1945 satnav1970 hyperbolic system1972 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. 1652 H. Phillippes Geom. Sea-man 48 You may sail by the arch of a great Circle. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Order of sailing Hence we say..parallel and great circle sailing. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 50 In 1561, Cortez..advocated the adoption of Great Circle Sailing, in opposition to that by Plumb-lines. great circle sailing great circle sailing n. Nautical navigation along the arc of a great circle of the earth. ΚΠ 1656 B. Hubbard (title) Orthodoxal Navigation; or the admirable and excellent Art of Arithmetical Great Circle Sailing. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Sailing Hence we say..parallel and great circle sailing. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 50 In 1561, Cortez..advocated the adoption of Great Circle Sailing, in opposition to that by Plumb-lines. 1992 Yachting May 60/2 Unlike rhumb-line sailing, where one true course takes you all the way from point A to B, great-circle sailing demands regular changes in heading. < as lemmas |
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