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spherical angle

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles.

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  • noun geometry A particular dihedral angle, the angle between two intersecting arcs on a sphere, measured by the angle between the planes containing the arcs.

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  • noun an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles

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