great circle route

C25342
concept

A great circle route is the shortest path between two points on the surface of a sphere, following the arc of a circle whose center coincides with the sphere’s center.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
great circle route canonical 1
meridian arc 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: great circle route
Generated description
A great circle route is the shortest path between two points on the surface of a sphere, following the arc of a circle whose center coincides with the sphere’s center.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Pacific Great Circle route
Great Arc of the Meridian meridian arc