composite track
composite track
[kəm′päz·ət ′trak] (navigation)
A modified great-circle track consisting of an initial great-circle track from the point of departure with its vertex on a limiting parallel of latitude; a parallel-sailing track from this vertex along the limiting parallel to the vertex of a final great-circle track passing through the destination.
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