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Definition of Spherics
1. n. The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry.
Definition of Spherics
1. Noun. (mathematics) The part of geometry and trigonometry that deals with spheres. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of sferics) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spherics
1. the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere [n]
Medical Definition of Spherics
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spherics
Literary usage of Spherics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"COS1— COS1 — 222 As usual, n, b, and c here denote the sides spherics of the
spherical ... spherics. In Geometry, the doctrine of the properties of a sphere ..."
2. Rational Geometry: A Text-book for the Science of Space; Based on Hilbert's by George Bruce Halsted, David Hilbert (1904)
"PURE spherics. 463. If, instead of the plane and straight, we take the sphere and
... Deducing spherics from a set of assumptions which give no parallels, ..."
3. Memoirs by American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1809)
"BY WILLIAM CROSWELL, AM Inclosed with a letter to the Honorable John Davis, Esq.
I. A TABLE Of the varieties in the first case of oblique spherics, ..."
4. The Elements of Geometry by George Bruce Halsted (1886)
"TRI-DIMENSIONAL spherics. 605. If one end point of a sect is fixed, the locus of
the other end point is a Sphere. 606. The fixed end point is called the ..."
5. Elementary Synthetic Geometry by George Bruce Halsted (1892)
"PURE spherics. CHAPTER I. PRIMARY CONCEPTS. 314. A circle is a closed line that
will slide in its trace. Though in itself unbounded and everywhere alike, ..."
6. An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Plain and Spherical by Thomas Keith (1826)
"OBLIQUE spherics. •vertex, made by a perpendicular drawn from the vertical angle
upon the base. (B) COROLLARY II. The sum of the cosines of the angles at ..."
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