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    Earth section paths are plane curves defined by the intersection of an earth ellipsoid and a plane (ellipsoid plane sections). Common examples include...
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    route for marine navigation. The great ellipse is special case of an earth section path. Assume that the spheroid, an ellipsoid of revolution, has an equatorial...
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    1980); geodesic flow on a surface (Berger 2010, Chap. 12). Earth section paths Figure of the Earth Geographical distance Great-circle navigation Great ellipse...
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  • An earthing system (UK and IEC) or grounding system (US) connects specific parts of an electric power system with the ground, typically the Earth's conductive...
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    Sun path, sometimes also called day arc, refers to the daily and seasonal arc-like path that the Sun appears to follow across the sky as the Earth rotates...
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  • representations, see the horizontal position representations page. Earth section paths Horizontal position representation Latitude Longitude Universal Transverse...
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    engineering, ground or earth may be a reference point in an electrical circuit from which voltages are measured, a common return path for electric current...
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    Earth is an archaic and scientifically disproven conception of the Earth's shape as a plane or disk. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat-Earth...
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    Earth's rotation or Earth's spin is the rotation of planet Earth around its own axis, as well as changes in the orientation of the rotation axis in space...
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    The Hollow Earth is a concept proposing that the planet Earth is entirely hollow or contains a substantial interior space. Notably suggested by Edmond...
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