great circle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
Types & categories
- line hypernym
- celestial equator hyponym
- ecliptic hyponym
- equator hyponym
- celestial horizon hyponym
- hour circle hyponym
- line of longitude hyponym
- vertical circle hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | celestial equator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ecliptic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | equator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | celestial horizon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hour circle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | line of longitude |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vertical circle |