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SPHERICAL TRIANGLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spherical triangle mean?
• SPHERICAL TRIANGLE (noun)
The noun SPHERICAL TRIANGLE has 1 sense:
1. a spherical polygon formed by the arcs of 3 great circles
Familiarity information: SPHERICAL TRIANGLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spherical polygon formed by the arcs of 3 great circles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("spherical triangle" is a kind of...):
spherical polygon (a figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles)
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