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noun
the branch of trigonometry that deals with spherical triangles.
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Origin of spherical trigonometry
First recorded in 1720–30
Words nearby spherical trigonometry
spherical geometry, spherical lens, spherical polygon, spherical sailing, spherical triangle, spherical trigonometry, sphericity, spherics, sphero-, spherocyte, spherocytic anemia
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British Dictionary definitions for spherical trigonometry
spherical trigonometry
noun
the branch of trigonometry concerned with the measurement of the angles and sides of spherical triangles
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