conversion angle

conversion angle

[kən′vər·zhən ‚aŋ·gəl]

(navigation)

The angle between the rhumb line and the great circle between two points. Also known as arc to chord correction; half-convergency.

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conversion angle

An angle between a great-circle bearing and the rhumb-line bearing of a common point measured at a common origin.

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