spherical polygon

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   a figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles

   Broaderpolygon

   Narrowerspherical triangle

Questions about spherical polygon

What does spherical polygon mean?

spherical polygon means "a figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles".

Is spherical polygon a common word?

spherical polygon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.