spherical trigonometry
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spherical trigonometry
First recorded in 1720–30
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Once a mainstay of mathematics, spherical trigonometry no longer appears on school curricula.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2017
Using spherical trigonometry, the trackers plot a potential orbit and notify other amateurs worldwide where to look.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had $200 cash, a guarantee of $25 a month for dispatches to the Seattle Star, and a companion who had studied spherical trigonometry and could qualify as a navigator.
From Time Magazine Archive
SEE Lennes, N. J. Plane and spherical trigonometry.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Before obtaining this result it is shown that spherical trigonometry is unchanged, and that the normals to a circle or a sphere still pass through its centre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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