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Spherical triangle   /sfˈɛrɪkəl trˈaɪˌæŋgəl/   Listen
Spherical triangle

noun
1.
A spherical polygon formed by the arcs of 3 great circles.





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"Spherical triangle" Quotes from Famous Books



... Raymarus). Mr. Harriot's method is now more used than Oughtred's, and himself in the esteem of Dr. Wallis not beneath Des Cartes. Dr. Hakewill, in his Apology, tells you Harriot was the first that squared the area of a spherical triangle; and I can tell you, by the perusal of some papers of Torporley's it appears that Harriot could make the sign of any arch at demand, and the converse, and apply a table of sines to solve all equations, ...
— Thomas Hariot • Henry Stevens


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