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great-circle course
- Definição1
- The route between two points on the earth's surface measured along the shortest segment of the circumference of the great circle on which the two points are located. A great circle establishes the shortest distance over the surface of the earth between any two terrestrial points.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Nota Adicional1
- Information regarding this term is a result of researches developed by DECEA in cooperation with ANAC.
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- Imagem
Related to rhumb line.
Fonte: KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.