spherical triangle
noun Geometry.
a triangle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
Origin of spherical triangle
First recorded in 1575–85
Words nearby spherical triangle
spherical excess,
spherical geometry,
spherical lens,
spherical polygon,
spherical sailing,
spherical triangle,
spherical trigonometry,
sphericity,
spherics,
sphero-,
spherocyte
British Dictionary definitions for spherical triangle
spherical triangle
noun
a closed geometric figure formed on the surface of a sphere that is bounded by arcs of three great circles