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Geodesic   /dʒˌiədˈɛsɪk/   Listen
Geodesic

noun
1.
(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: geodesic line.



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"Geodesic" Quotes from Famous Books



... in America; for there does not exist in the immense extent of the Andes, from 8 degrees south latitude to the Straits of Magellan, one Nevada of which the height above the sea-level has been determined, either by a simple geometric measure, or by the combined means of barometric and geodesic measurements. ...
— Equinoctial Regions of America V3 • Alexander von Humboldt

... yourselves under arrest. Don't bother to lock yourselves up—there's no point in it. General MacMaine, I see no reason to inform the rest of the Fleet of this, so we will go on as usual. The orders I have to give are simple: The Fleet will head for home by the most direct possible geodesic. Since we cannot fight, we will simply ignore attacks and keep going as long as we last. We can do nothing ...
— The Highest Treason • Randall Garrett

... see what we do because the field of the meteor bends light through the four-dimensional continuum. The world line of a ray of light is a geodesic in the continuum. The field I have built distorts the continuum, so we see rays that originated at a distant point. ...
— Astounding Stories, March, 1931 • Various



Words linked to "Geodesic" :   math, maths, geodesy, mathematics, line



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