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GEODESIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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; geodesic line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("geodesic" is a kind of...):

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

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Derivation:

geodesic (of or relating to or determined by geodesy)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or determined by geodesy

Synonyms:

geodesic; geodesical; geodetic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

geodesy (the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points)

Derivation:

geodesic ((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))

geodesy (the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points)

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