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Great ellipse
The ellipse in which a plane through the centre of an ellipsoid cuts the ellipsoid. When the ellipsoid is rotationally symmetrical, the great ellipse may be a circle; when the ellipsoid is a sphere, the great ellipse is a great circle.
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