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Meanings of great circle in English
Intersection of the sphere and a plane which passes through the center point of the sphere.
Usage of great circle in English
1
The game of tennis is one great circle that never quite closes.
2
We were floating in the great circle of the systems and the suns.
3
The crowd were seated about it on the grass in a great circle.
4
So the people sat in a great circle round the fire and listened.
5
The rest stood at equal intervals in a great circle round the cross.
6
On the hills across the valley, Gaborn's knights gathered in a great circle.
7
The Church is the centre of a great circle of remembrance.
8
It touched and sat upon the hill-top like a great circle of fire.
9
The great circle of cavalrymen shook their lances and sabers until they glittered.
10
Nothing approaches the great circle of solid coolness thrown by a big chenar.
11
The Young America followed a great circle from Cape Race to Cape Clear.
12
At every blow he traced around him a great circle of severed limbs.
13
We see so short a way along the arc of the great circle!
14
The stairs were scorched black in a great circle around him.
15
Below us, the violet sea stayed empty in a great circle to the horizon.
16
The mind receives education from communing with the dream composition in the great circle.
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Translations for great circle
Portuguese
Spanish
Catalan
Great circle through the time
Great circle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common