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Keywords: Arcs, Sphere, Triangle, Circle, Gaussian

Related Terms: Angular, Arc, Cone , Conic, Cosine, Cotangent, Curvature, Cylinder, Ellipsoid, Envelope, Hyperbola, Normal, Parabola , Quadric, Radian, Rectangular, Secant, Sector, Semicircle, Sine, Sphere, Subtend, Tangent, Radius Of Curvature, Tangent, Dihedral Angle, Acute Triangle, Inscribed Angle, Ruled Surface, Right Triangle, Obtuse Angle, Perpendicularity, Right Angle, Solid Angle, Trigonometric Functions, Convex Polygon, Obtuse Triangle, Steradian, Angularity, Conformal Projection, Tangent Plane, Conic Projection, Central Angle, Conic Section, Acute, Tilt Angle, Angle Bisector, Cyclic Quadrilateral, Sector Of A Circle

A curved area bounded by three connected great-circle arcs. The result of interconnecting three points on the surface of a spherical system.

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a spherical polygon formed by the arcs of 3 great circles

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an area on the Gaussian sphere whose boundaries are segments from three great circles

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a triangle drawn on the surface of a sphere

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a 'triangle' on the surface of a sphere whose three sides are arcs of great circles

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Curved Area Bounded by 3 Connected Great-Circle Arcs

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