spec. Nautical. great circle sailing: navigation along the arc of a great circle of the earth.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > types of navigation (14) great circle sailing1595 spec. Nautical. great circle sailing: navigation along the arc of a great circle of the earth. loxodromics1704 the art of oblique sailing. oblique sailing1704 the act of sailing at an oblique angle to the meridian. orthodromics1704 The skill or art of navigating by means of great circles. right sailing1704 the action or an act of sailing due north, south, east, or west, so that only the longitude or the latitude of a ship alters. parallel sailing1705 sailing along a parallel of latitude, i.e. directly east or west. orthodromy1706 A route forming part of a great circle. Also: = orthodromics, n. plane sailing1749 Nautical. Navigation based, for the sake of simplicity, on the assumption that one is sailing over a plane surface rather than a spherical surface… composite sailing1850 composite sailing in Nautical use: a combination of great-circle and parallel sailing. loxodromy1855 A loxodromic line or course; also = loxodromics n. radio navigation1926 navigation by means of radio signals. hyperbolic navigation1945 Applied to functions, operations, etc., having some relation to the hyperbola. satnav1970 Navigation by means of, or assisted by, positional information transmitted via satellite; a method or system of navigating using such… hyperbolic system1972 Applied to functions, operations, etc., having some relation to the hyperbola. |
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