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spherical triangle

–noun Geometry.
a triangle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.

Origin:
1575–85
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spherical triangle  
n.  A triangle the three sides of which are arcs of great circles.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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