Spherical lune
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spherical-lune-211-1272600
title:
Spherical lune
text:
In spherical geometry, a spherical lune is an area on a sphere bounded by two half great circles which meet at antipodal points. It is an example of a digon, {2}θ, with dihedral angle θ. The word "lune" derives from luna, the Latin word for Moon.
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description:
Area on a sphere bounded by two semicircles joined at antipodal points
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_lune
date created:
2009-05-31T12:19:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T01:52:25Z
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