spherical sailing

noun

a method of navigation in which the curvature of the earth is taken into consideration.

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anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
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Also called circular sailing.
Compare plane sailing.

Words nearby spherical sailing

spherical coordinates, spherical excess, spherical geometry, spherical lens, spherical polygon, spherical sailing, spherical triangle, spherical trigonometry, sphericity, spherics, sphero-
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