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GREAT CIRCLE SAILING

Definition: GREAT CIRCLE SAILING

GREAT CIRCLE SAILING

1. The process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: GREAT CIRCLE SAILING

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Mid-course

Straight; (direct) straight course, straight path; short cut, cross cut; great circle sailing.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: GREAT CIRCLE SAILING

English words defined with "GREAT CIRCLE SAILING": Composite sailing. (references)

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Modern Translation: GREAT CIRCLE SAILING

Language Translations for "GREAT CIRCLE SAILING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

ορθοδρομία. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

大圏航路 (great circle sailing route). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たいけ""うろ (great circle sailing route). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eatgray irclecay ailingsay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: GREAT CIRCLE SAILING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-g-g-i-i-i-l-l-n-r-r-s-t"

-5 letters: anticlericals, geriatricians, interglacials.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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