spherical trigonometry
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spherical trigonometry
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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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
He points out that his formulae result from those of spherical trigonometry by substituting ia, ib, ic, for the sides a, b, c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
In the second half of the year he must force his way understandingly through advanced algebra and plane and spherical trigonometry!
From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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