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Webster 1913 Edition


Orthodromics

Orˊtho-drom′ics

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Noun.
The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy.

Webster 1828 Edition


Orthodromics

ORTHODROM'ICS

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Noun.
The art of sailing in the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe.