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Spheric Section


SphericSection

A spheric section is the curve formed by the intersection of a plane with a sphere. Excluding the degenerate cases of the plane tangent to the sphere or the plane not intersecting the sphere, all spheric sections are circles.

A spheric section that does not contain a diameter of the sphere is known as a small circle, while a spheric section containing a diameter is known as a great circle.


See also

Circle, Conic Section, Cross Section, Cylindric Section, Ellipsoidal Section, Great Circle, Small Circle, Spheroidal Section, Spiric Section, Toric Section

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Spheric Section." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericSection.html

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