英语词汇“great circle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD FAMILY

great circle: great circles

USAGE EXAMPLES

A heartbroken man walks in great circles, so Goldman and designer Misha Kachman have him parade through the seats of the small Theater J auditorium.

Washington Post(Mar 23, 2016)

From there, the madness spread through the debate: a great circle of abuse spun around fast enough to fling all sense away.

The Guardian(Feb 14, 2016)

It was not long before most of the townspeople had gathered around us in a great circle.

Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead(2002)

n a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center

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Greenwich Meridian

the meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884

International Date Line

an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian

celestial equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line

the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles

ecliptic

the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator

equator

an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles

celestial horizon, horizon

the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth

hour circle

a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles

line of longitude, meridian

an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator

vertical circle

a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon

observer's meridian

a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith

prime meridian

meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England)

magnetic meridian

an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth

line

a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

单词	great circle
释义	great circle (once / 9456 pages) n WORD FAMILY great circle: great circles USAGE EXAMPLES A heartbroken man walks in great circles, so Goldman and designer Misha Kachman have him parade through the seats of the small Theater J auditorium. Washington Post(Mar 23, 2016) From there, the madness spread through the debate: a great circle of abuse spun around fast enough to fling all sense away. The Guardian(Feb 14, 2016) It was not long before most of the townspeople had gathered around us in a great circle. Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead(2002) n a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper Greenwich Meridian the meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884 International Date Line an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian celestial equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles ecliptic the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator equator an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles celestial horizon, horizon the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth hour circle a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles line of longitude, meridian an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator vertical circle a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon observer's meridian a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith prime meridian meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England) magnetic meridian an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth line a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
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