Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or art of sailing on a great circle or in a straight course.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or art of sailing on a great circle.

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  • noun The act or art of sailing on a great circle.

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Compare French orthodromie.

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