Orthodromics

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orthodromics \Or`tho*drom"ics\, n.
     The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a
     great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two
     points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing;
     orthodromy.
     [1913 Webster]