dà​yuán

great circle; orthodrome

  • created sense approved 大圆/大圓 · dà​yuán · the sky — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大圆 / 大圓

    dà​yuán

    the sky

    (literary) the sky; the heavens

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 圆 (literal) → 圆/圓 · yuán · round

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  • created sense approved 大圆/大圓 · dà​yuán · great circle; orthodrome — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大圆 / 大圓

    dà​yuán

    great circle; orthodrome

    circle on the surface of a sphere whose plane passes through the center of the sphere; also the shortest path between two points on a sphere (orthodrome)

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 圆 (literal) → 圆/圓 · yuán · circle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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