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Planisphere

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small circlenouna circle formed by a plane that cuts a sphere not through its centre
spherical capnoun(geometry) A portion of the surface of a sphere cut off by a plane.
hemispherenoun(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .
segmentnounOne of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
stereographic projectionnoun(projective geometry, complex analysis, cartography) A function that maps a sphere onto a plane; especially, the map generated by projecting each point of the sphere from the sphere's (designated) north pole to a point on the plane tangent to the south pole.
sphaerenounObsolete form of sphere. [(mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .]
sphærenounArchaic spelling of sphere. [(mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .]
nonspherenounA shape or object other than a sphere.
great circlenounA segment of such circle representing the shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere.
planigonnoun(geometry) A convex polygon that can fill the plane with only copies of itself.
halfspherenoun(geometry) hemisphere
globoidnoun(mathematics) A spherical representation or projection of a sphere or ellipsoid.
zonenounAny given region or area of the world.
circumspherenoun(geometry) A sphere that is circumscribed about a polyhedron and touches each of its vertices
superplanenoun(informal) A very large or technologically sophisticated aeroplane.
globenounThe planet Earth.
plane of symmetrynoun(geometry) A plane about which a geometric figure is symmetric (by reflection)
plane geometrynounThe study of figures having parts that lie in a singular plane.
planetscapenounThe landscape of the surface of a planet.
radical planenoun(mathematics) The plane containing the circle formed by the intersection of two spheres (or whose points have equal power with respect to two non-intersecting spheres)

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