Small circle
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A small circle of a sphere is the circle constructed by a plane crossing the sphere not in its middle point. Small circles always have smaller diameters than the sphere itself (compare great circle).
Small circle of a sphere.
The small circle does not have the smallest curvature, and hence, a segment on its circumference does not represent the smallest path between two points on a spherical surface.sv:Småcirkel
