geodesic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: geodesic	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geodesic adj of or relating to or determined by geodesy [syn: geodetic, geodesic, geodesical] 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) Synonym(s): geodesic, geodesic line
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geodesic \Ge`odes"ic\ (j[emac]`[osl]d[ecr]s"[icr]k), Geodesical \Ge`odes"ical\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Cf. F. g[82]od[82]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.