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geodesic

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

ge=o=des=ic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun geodesic has 1 sense

geodesic(n = noun.shape) geodesic line - (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); Array

is a kind of line

Derived form adjective geodesic₁

Adjective geodesic has 1 sense

geodesic(a = adj.pert) geodesical, geodetic - of or relating to or determined by geodesy; Array

Derived forms noun geodesic₁, noun geodesy₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

geodesic, a. [Cf. F. géodésique.].

Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic. [1913 Webster]
Made of lightweight structural supporting elements connected in a manner to provide great rigidity; -- of structures; as, The geodesic dome was invented by R. Buckminster Fuller. [PJC]

geodesic, n.

A geodetic line or curve. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

geodesic, adj. (also geodetic)
1 of or relating to geodesy.
2 of, involving, or consisting of a geodesic line.

Idiom

geodesic dome a dome constructed of short struts along geodesic lines. geodesic line the shortest possible line between two points on a curved surface.

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