spherical : Idioms & Phrases


Polar spherical triangle

  • (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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spherical aberration

  • noun an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image
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spherical angle

  • noun an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles
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Spherical angle, Spherical coördinate, Spherical excess

  • etc. See under Angle, Coordinate, etc.
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Spherical geometry

  • 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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Spherical harmonic analysis

  • . See under Harmonic, a.
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Spherical lune

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

  • 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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Spherical polygon

  • 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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Spherical projection

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

  • . See under Sector.
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Spherical segment

  • the segment of a sphere. See under Segment.
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Spherical triangle

  • 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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Spherical trigonometry

  • noun (mathematics) the trigonometry of spherical triangles
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  • . See Trigonometry.
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