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Definition of Spherical polygon
1. Noun. A figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spherical Polygon
Literary usage of Spherical polygon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry by George Albert Wentworth (1888)
"In a similar manner the solution of a regular spherical polygon may be reduced
to that of a right spherical triangle. Ares of great circles, passed through ..."
2. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry by George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill (1882)
"In a similar manner the solution of a regular spherical polygon may be reduced
to that of a right spherical triangle. Arcs of great circles, passed through ..."
3. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1913)
"spherical polygon. A portion of a spherical surface bounded by three or more arcs
of great circles is called a spherical polygon. ..."
4. Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry from the Works of A.M. Legendre by Charles Davies, Adrien Marie Legendre, John Howard Van Amringe (1885)
"To find the area of a spherical polygon. 115. From the principle demonstrated in
Book IX., Prop. XIX., we may write the following Rule. ..."
5. A Treatise on Elementary Geometry: With Appendices Containing a Collection by William Chauvenet (1898)
"A diagonal of a spherical polygon is an arc of a great circle join iug any two
vertices not ... A spherical triangle is a spherical polygon of three sides. ..."
6. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1904)
"A spherical polygon is a portion of the surface ef a sphere bounded by three or
... The values of the sides of a spherical polygon are usually expressed in ..."
7. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"A spherical polygon is a portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by three or
... The values of the sides of a spherical polygon are usually expressed in ..."
8. A Treatise on Elementary Geometry: With Appendices Containing a Collection by William Chauvenet (1877)
"A spherical polygon is a portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by three or
more arcs of great circles, as AB CD. Since the planes of all great circles ..."
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