great circle

基本解释

Two points determine a great circle on a sphere, so for any two points, cut the orange into half.
球面上的两点确定一条圆弧，因此任意两点可将橙子切成两块。
So, that's actually a great circle meridian of length, well, I mean, well, the radius is the radius of the sphere.
路程就是个大圆，我的意思是，这个圆的半径是球的半径。
The archipelago is a hazardous traffic median in the great circle route, the shortest path between ports on either side of the North Pacific.
多岛海域是大圆航线上极具危险的运输中枢，也是连接北太平洋各端港口的最短通道。

Columbus Circle has great stores. It's fairly new, I think.
在哥伦布环岛里有很棒的商店。我认为它是相当新的。
关于哥伦布环岛 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

This lack of maritime surveillance and disaster preparedness is not unique to the great circle route, but the nasty local conditions are.
ECONOMIST: Shipwrecks in the Aleutians
The archipelago is a hazardous traffic median in the great circle route, the shortest path between ports on either side of the North Pacific.
ECONOMIST: Shipwrecks in the Aleutians
Great Whites still circle and sniff for new blood.
FORBES: Se Habla Espanol and No Finding of Misconduct in Chase / LPL Arbitration

a circular section of a sphere that has a radius equal to that of the sphere &rarrcompare small circle