spherical triangle in English
noun
1
a triangle formed by three arcs of great circles on a sphere.
In Book I of Sphaerica he set up the basis for treating spherical triangles as Euclid treated plane triangles.
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1. Astronomical triangle Astronomical triangle A spherical triangle on the celestial sphere formed by the intersection of the great circles joining a celestial body, S, the observer's zenith, Z, and the north (or south) celestial pole, P (see illustration)