Hypertext Webster Gateway: "geodesic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Geodesic \Ge`o*des"ic\ (j[=e]`[-o]*d[e^]s"[i^]k), Geodesical
\Ge`o*des"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [Cf. F. g['e]od['e]sique.]
(Math.)
Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Geodesic \Ge`o*des"ic\, n.
A geodetic line or curve.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
geodesic
adj 1: of or resembling a geodesic dome
2: of or relating to or determined by geodesy [syn: {geodetic},
{geodesical}]
n : (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a
mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a
plane or a an arc of a great circle on a sphere) [syn: {geodesic
line}]
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