The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ECLIPTICS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1991.
Great circles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ECLIPTICS | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Great circles
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- circumcircle
- circularity
- circularization
- celestial sphere
- celestial equator
- circularized
- circular
- circularly
- constellations
- incircle
- ellipticity
- circularizing
Crossword Answer definitions
ECLIPTICS noun- The apparent annual path of the Sun in the sky. More accurately, it is the intersection of the celestial sphere with the plane of the ecliptic, which is the geometric plane containing the mean orbit of the Earth around the Sun.
- A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
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