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small circle

American

noun

a circle on a sphere, the plane of which does not pass through the center of the sphere.

small circle British

noun

a circular section of a sphere that does not contain the centre of the sphere Compare great circle

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Etymology

Origin of small circle

First recorded in 1870–75

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