"great-circle arc" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2006, Irfan Ali, Pierino G. Bonanni, Naofal Al-Dhahir, John E. Hershey, Doppler Applications in LEO Satellite Communication Systems, Springer Science & Business Media, page 66",
          "text": "This causes a greater deviation of the ground trace from a great-circle arc due to the increased effect of Earth's rotation.",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, E. Hansen, Strain Facies, Springer Science & Business Media, page 85",
          "text": "The two axes connected by the solid but incomplete great-circle arc were measured along a single sahlfold axial surface on opposite sides of a tubular fold ; ...",
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        {
          "ref": "1898, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office",
          "text": "... it may be swung in a meridian-plane, and a great-circle arc having a radial pivot in said meridian-plane, ...",
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          "ref": "2002, Leo Dorst, Chris Doran, Joan Lasenby, Applications of Geometric Algebra in Computer Science and Engineering, Springer Science & Business Media, page 81",
          "text": "Any great-circle arc of length #x5C;theta between zero and #x5C;pi is uniquely identified by its two end points, say a and b.",
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        "a segment of a great circle"
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        "(geometry) a segment of a great circle"
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          "sense": "segment of great circle",
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          "word": "storcirkelbue"
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  "word": "great-circle arc"
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          "ref": "2006, Irfan Ali, Pierino G. Bonanni, Naofal Al-Dhahir, John E. Hershey, Doppler Applications in LEO Satellite Communication Systems, Springer Science & Business Media, page 66",
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