Meaning Small Circle
What does Small Circle mean? Here you find 5 meanings of the word Small Circle. You can also add a definition of Small Circle yourself

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Small Circle


A circle on the globe's surface that does not bisect the center of the Earth. Parallels of latitude are examples of small circles.
Source: physicalgeography.net

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Small Circle


A section of a sphere which does not contain a diameter of the sphere. Lines of constant latitude are small circles.
Source: sdss3.org

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Small Circle


A section of a sphere which does not contain a diameter of the sphere. Lines of constant latitude are small circles.
Source: sdss.org

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Small Circle


the intersection of a sphere, and a plane which does not pass through its center.
Source: siranah.de

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Small Circle


a circle formed by a plane that cuts a sphere not through its centre
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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