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Orthodromics

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Orthodromics'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/orthodromics.html. 1828.