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SPHERICAL TRIANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spherical triangle mean? 

SPHERICAL TRIANGLE (noun)
  The noun SPHERICAL TRIANGLE has 1 sense:

1. a spherical polygon formed by the arcs of 3 great circlesplay

  Familiarity information: SPHERICAL TRIANGLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPHERICAL TRIANGLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A spherical polygon formed by the arcs of 3 great circles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("spherical triangle" is a kind of...):

spherical polygon (a figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles)


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