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Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.
R. Buckminster Fuller

Meaning of "great circle" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREAT CIRCLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREAT CIRCLE

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Great circle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GREAT CIRCLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Great circle

A great circle, also known as an orthodrome or Riemannian circle, of a sphere is the intersection of the sphere and a plane which passes through the center point of the sphere. This partial case of a circle of a sphere is opposed to a small circle, the intersection of the sphere and a plane which does not pass through the center. Any diameter of any great circle coincides with a diameter of the sphere, and therefore all great circles have the same circumference as each other, and have the same center as the sphere. A great circle is the largest circle that can be drawn on any given sphere. Every circle in Euclidean 3-space is a great circle of exactly one sphere. For any two points on the surface of a sphere there is a unique great circle through the two points. An exception is a pair of antipodal points, for which there are infinitely many great circles. The minor arc of a great circle between two points is the shortest surface-path between them. In this sense the minor arc is analogous to “straight lines” in spherical geometry.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREAT CIRCLE

great ape
Great Attractor
great auk
Great Australian Bight
Great Barrier Reef
Great Basin
Great Bear
Great Bear Lake
Great Belt
great black-backed gull
Great Britain
great bustard
great council
great crested grebe

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREAT CIRCLE

Arctic Circle
circle
come full circle
crop circle
dress circle
encircle
family circle
golden circle
half-circle
inner circle
Magic Circle
pitch circle
small circle
social circle
squared circle
stone circle
traffic circle
turning circle
vicious circle
virtuous circle
winner´s circle

Synonyms and antonyms of great circle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «great circle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREAT CIRCLE

Find out the translation of great circle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of great circle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «great circle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大圆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gran círculo
570 millions of speakers

English

great circle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महान चक्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دائرة كبيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

большой круг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grande círculo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহান বৃত্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grand cercle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bulatan yang hebat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Großkreis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大円
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bunderan gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vòng tròn lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய வட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

महान मंडळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Harika daire
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grande cerchio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielki krąg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

велике коло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mare cerc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγάλο κύκλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot sirkel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

storcirkel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stor sirkel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of great circle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT CIRCLE»

The term «great circle» is regularly used and occupies the 77.622 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT CIRCLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about great circle

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QUOTES WITH «GREAT CIRCLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word great circle.
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R. Buckminster Fuller
Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREAT CIRCLE»

Discover the use of great circle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to great circle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Great Circle Route: A Guide to Planning and Cruising ...
This,the second edition of A Guide to Planning and Cruising the Great Circle Route Around the Eastern USA, documents a motor yacht "cruise of a lifetime", the 5,400-mile circumnavigation of the Eastern United States.
G. Bickley Remmey, Jr., Laura Cannell, 2007
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The First Arc of the Great Circle
We travel on land, air and sea, from the desert to the Alps, Las Vegas to Mallorca, and from bliss to despair and back up again forever. Peter has done what most of us only wish we had done.
Peter B. Cannon, 2003
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Tables for Azimuths, Great Circle Sailing and Reduction to ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
H. S. Blackburne, 2010
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Great Circle
Captain Naish, an experienced merchantman who knows nothing of whaling, takes a whaler out for a two- to three-year cruise.
Robert Carse, 1956
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A Great Circle: The Mayfield Trilogy
Published together for the first time, the three books of the Mayfield trilogy follow two families, the Mayfields and the Kendals, through nearly two centuries of life in America.
Reynolds Price, 2001
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Shamanism and the Psychology of C.G. Jung: The Great Circle
As different as they first seem, these methods of understanding human existence have amazing similarities in structure and function.
Robert E. Ryan, 2002
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Great Circle Sailing made easy; or the method of calculating ...
In the Example (21,) the Great-Circle Arc has been thus diverted from its simple course to the Equator, and a compound one substituted, in which the greatest westing has been attained in latitude 17 N. Many mariners make it much earlier.
John SEATON, 1850
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The great circle: a novel
A steamboat sets off from nineteenth-century Boston carrying a diverse group of people who gradually, over the course of the thirteen-day voyage, reveal their true colors behind the grey Victorian code of manners. 20,000 first printing.
Peter Prince, 1997
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Great-Circle Sailing: Indicating the Shortest Sea-routes and ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Richard Anthony Proctor, 2011
10
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Thus, great-circle route. Mathematics, the circle formed by the intersection of a ( two-) sphere and a plane passing through the center of the sphere. All geodesies on the sphere lie on great circles. great-circle bearing Navigation, the initial ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREAT CIRCLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term great circle is used in the context of the following news items.
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Atlantic Gateway - rhetoric or reality
These ships reach Sydney first on the Great Circle Route and then sail right past us on their way to American ports like New York or Norfolk. «Cape Breton Post, Jul 15»
2
Great Circle, Butterfield Youth Services to merge
The boards of directors of Great Circle and Butterfield Youth Services have approved a merger of their organizations effective Aug. 1. «The Rolla Daily News, Jul 15»
3
Great Circle and Butterfield Youth Services To Merge
St. Louis (July 7, 2015) — The boards of directors of Great Circle and Butterfield Youth Services have approved a merger of their organizations ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
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Titans set schedule for fans to attend training camp practices
... Great Circle Road) at the CVS/Caremark corporate offices. Security is present to assist in crossing the street before, during and after practice. «Columbia Daily Herald, Jul 15»
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No injuries at Woodland Spring Lodge fire Monday
The St. James Fire Protection District and other fire departments responded to a fire at Great Circle's Woodland Spring Lodge on Highway DD ... «The Rolla Daily News, Jul 15»
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Water Main Breaks Near Metro Center
The incident was reported near Vantage Way and Great Circle in Metro Center. It was not immediately known what caused the main to break. «NewsChannel5.com, Jul 15»
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Great Circle merges with another Missouri nonprofit
Great Circle and Butterfield Youth Services, not-for-profit organizations that provide behavioral health services to children and families in ... «St. Louis Business Journal, Jul 15»
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Announcement: Victor J. Haddock Joins Great Circle Board of …
Victor J. Haddock has joined Great Circle's board of directors. Haddock currently serves as senior vice president, internal audit and special ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
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Air Astana's 9-abreast Boeing 787 raises wider #PaxEx questions
There is no nonstop flight currently operating between JFK and Astana, but Cairo is just under 200 miles closer on a great circle route and has ... «Runway Girl Network, Jul 15»
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Continuing youth, behavioral services: Butterfield Youth Services …
Director Vince Hillyer of Great Circle answers questions about a merger between Great Circle and Butterfield Youth Services at the Martin ... «The Marshall Democrat-News, Jul 15»

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