In this task, you are given a sentence or phrase in Xhosa. You must translate it to English in a way that is equivalent in terms of meaning and grammatically correct.
Q: Isiqingatha sesazinge esidibanisa iindawo ezimbini esikumphezulu wengqukumba, ligophe eliphantse ngokuphelelyo lafikelela kumgca othe ngqo.
A:
The arc of a great circle that joins two points that lie on the surface of a sphere, is the curve that most nearly approaches a straight line.