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n.
The angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles.
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n.
The angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles.
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an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles
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A spherical angle is a particular dihedral angle; it is the angle between two intersecting arcs on a sphere, and is measured by the angle between the planes containing the arcs (which would naturally also contain the centre of the sphere).
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