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geodetic

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Adjective

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ge=o=det=ic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective geodetic has 1 sense

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

Derived form noun geodesy₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

geodetic, a.

Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. [1913 Webster]

Geodetic line or Geodetic curve, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

geodetic, var. of GEODESIC.

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THESAURUS

geodetic

approximative, cartographic, chorographic, estimative, geodesic, geographic, geological, geophysical, hypsographic, locational, measuring, mensural, mensurational, mensurative, metric, navigational, numerative, oceanographic, physiographic, positional, quantitative, regional, situal, situational, topographic, valuational, valuative

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