ground track
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ground track
First recorded in 1975–80
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Since Discovery will be placed in a polar orbit, its ground track will cover the Soviet Union.
From Time Magazine Archive
Put a little dummy engine on these rails, and let it run to and fro along the platform car, while the platform car is pulled along the ground track.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by Henry James
And number 1, in fifteen seconds, has gone its quarter of a mile along the ground track, and has reached station B. All this has been done in fifteen seconds.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by Henry James
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