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geodesic

DEFINITIONS OF: geodesic

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adj of or relating to or determined by geodesy

Synonyms:
geodesical, geodetic

n (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere)

Synonyms:
geodesic line
Type of:
line
a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
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