10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORTHODROMY»
Discover the use of
orthodromy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
orthodromy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A New Universal Etymological, Technological, and Pronouncing ...
(orthodoria, Gr.) Sonndness of faith; belief in the genuine doctrines taught in the
Scriptures; consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines. On'rnonnomc, swr-tlso-
drom'ik, a. Pertaining to orthodromy. OBTHODROMICS, awr-flro-drom'ilrs, a.
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A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
Pertaining to orthodromy. Orthodromics, nwr-rto-drom'iks, s. (orthos, straight, and
drotnio, I run, (Jr.) The art of sailing on the arc of a great circle. Orthodromy, awr'
rto-drom-e, *. (orthos, and dro- nu», a course, Gr.) The sailing in a straight course.
John Craig (F.G.S.), 1859
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Features of Common Sense Geography: Implicit Knowledge ...
This is orthodromy. The task is more difficult with ships under sail which have to
cope with unfavourable winds (see Hutchins 1996a for an interesting example of
piloting in Micronesian cultures where seafarers do not use nautical instruments;
...
Klaus Geus, Martin Thiering, 2014
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The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference
... a, pertaining to orthodromy Ortliodrom'ics, Orthodromy, s. the art of sailing in a
straight course Ortlioep'ical, a. pertaining to orthoepy OrthoYpist,£. an instructor
in pronunciation Ortho'epy, s. the art of pronouncing words Orthogen,«, ...
Tab. 1. Table of corrections for the distance calculated according to the simplified
method into an exact orthodromy. The corrective coefficient is in % li, Ai —latitude
of the beginning and end of the passage (orthodromy) l9i — Vi) — A?
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
Pertaining to orthodromy. ORTHODROMICS, n. The art of sailing in the arc of. a
great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface
of the globe. Harris. ORTHODROMY, n. [Gr. o(>fo<;, right, and JfO|ttof, course.] ...
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Grammar of English grammars; or Advanced manual of English ...
Dromos, a course — dromedary, hippodrome, orthodromy Dunamis, power —
dynamics, dynasty, dynamometer. Eidos, a form or hind — kaleidoscope,
eidouranion. Epos, a word or sound — epic, orthoepy. Eremos, a desert —
eremite, hermit, ...
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An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... cywir- hwyliaeth, y gelfyddyd o hwylio yn union ar hyd crom cylch mawr y byd
Orthodromy, or'-tho-drom-i, s. cywir- hwyliad, uniawnhwyliad, iawnhwylfa
Orthoepical, or-tho-ep'-i-cal, a. iawn- seiniadol, iawngynanol, iawnacenyddol
Orthoepist, ...
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On English schools and their methods of teaching English
Even a good Teutonic word, ilik*'.Mmejnhas been .ittt down as "derived" from
Latin. Among the iGreek derivatives.! are: diydragogue, apbiianthropy, autoptical,
orthodromy, ectype-,j*ad; alectoroinaohy. We find also "to urge'' set down as ...
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The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English ...
ORTHODROMIE, s.f. orthodromy ; miling in a right ORTHOGONAL, E, adj. (t. de
ngg.), orthogonal; rectangular. ORTHOGRAPHE, s. oflhography; rigllt apelling. Il
ne met pas l'orthographe, he does not know how to spell—to mite correctly.
John Charles Tarver, 1867
