Usually means: Shortest path between two points.
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  1. orthodromy: Merriam-Webster
  2. orthodromy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Orthodromy: Dictionary.com
  4. Orthodromy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. orthodromy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Orthodromy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. orthodromy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. orthodromy: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Orthodromy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. orthodromy: Wordnik
  11. orthodromy: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  Navigation based on calculating the shortest distance between two locations on a globe or sphere.

Similar:
orthodrome, oblique sailing, hour circle, orthodromics, circling, turning circle, cyclometry, loxodrome, cycle, full circle, more...

Opposite:
antipode, retrograde, counterclockwise

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Similar:
orthodrome, oblique sailing, hour circle, orthodromics, circling, turning circle, cyclometry, loxodrome, cycle, full circle, more...

Opposite:
antipode, retrograde, counterclockwise



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