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Showing all great circles as straight lines, and thus preserving the shortest distances between any two locations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
From Latin gnōmonicus, Ancient Greek γνωμονικός (gnōmonikós, “judging by rule”). Compare French gnomonique. See gnomon.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
gnomònic
— showing all great circles as straight lines
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Finnish:
gnomoninen
— showing all great circles as straight lines
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French:
gnomonique
— showing all great circles as straight lines
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Hungarian:
gnomonikus
— showing all great circles as straight lines
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Hungarian:
gnomikus
— showing all great circles as straight lines
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Hungarian:
gömbközépponti
— showing all great circles as straight lines
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Irish:
nómanach
— showing all great circles as straight lines
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Polish:
gnomoniczny
— showing all great circles as straight lines
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Spanish:
gnomónico
— showing all great circles as straight lines
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Spanish:
nomónico
— showing all great circles as straight lines