SPHERICAL ANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spherical angle mean? 

• SPHERICAL ANGLE (noun)
  The noun SPHERICAL ANGLE has 1 sense:

1. an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles

  Familiarity information: SPHERICAL ANGLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHERICAL ANGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("spherical angle" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)