As the crow flies
"As the crow flies" or "in a beeline" is an idiom for the shortest distance between two points (on a map, disregarding the vagaries of intervening terrain); the geodesic distance. An example is the great-circle distance between the cities of Key West and Pensacola, at either end of the U.S. state of Florida, where the direct point-to-point aerial transit path (as the bird flies) is 524 mi (843 km) the shortest route by road is about 792 mi (1,275 km). The phrases are attested in print as early as 1758.
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As the crow flies
"As the crow flies" or "in a beeline" is an idiom for the shortest distance between two points (on a map, disregarding the vagaries of intervening terrain); the geodesic distance. An example is the great-circle distance between the cities of Key West and Pensacola, at either end of the U.S. state of Florida, where the direct point-to-point aerial transit path (as the bird flies) is 524 mi (843 km) the shortest route by road is about 792 mi (1,275 km). The phrases are attested in print as early as 1758.
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"As the crow flies" or "in a b ...... ted in print as early as 1758.
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... ملاحة
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Als Luftlinie bezeichnet man d ...... st die Gnomonische Projektion.
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L'orthodromie désigne la géodé ...... diens sont des grands cercles.
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Para otros usos de la construc ...... to se conoce como ortodrómica.
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"As the crow flies" or "in a b ...... ted in print as early as 1758.
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... 275 كم ) أي (كما يركض الذئب) .
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Als Luftlinie bezeichnet man d ...... ome statt von einer Luftlinie.
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L'orthodromie désigne la géodé ...... iseau » entre ces deux points.
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Para otros usos de la construc ...... to se conoce como ortodrómica.
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As the crow flies
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Distancia a vuelo de pájaro
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Luftlinie
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Orthodromie
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كما يطير الغراب
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