spherical : Idioms & Phrases

• (Spherics), a spherical triangle whose three angular points are poles of the sides of a given triangle. See 4th Pole, 2.

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• noun an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image
  

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• noun an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles
  

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• etc. See under Angle, Coordinate, etc.

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• noun (mathematics) the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere
  

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• that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface.

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• . See under Harmonic, a.

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• portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter.

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• the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.

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• noun a figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles
  

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• portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.

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• the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See Projection.

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• . See under Sector.

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• the segment of a sphere. See under Segment.

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• noun a spherical polygon formed by the arcs of 3 great circles
  

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• re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other.

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• noun (mathematics) the trigonometry of spherical triangles
  

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• . See Trigonometry.

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