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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Geodesic \Ge`o*des"ic\ (j[=e]`[-o]*d[e^]s"[i^]k), Geodesical \Ge`o*des"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [Cf. F. g['e]od['e]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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: geodesic adj 1: of or resembling a geodesic dome 2: of or relating to or determined by geodesy [syn: {geodetic}, {geodesical}] n : (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or a an arc of a great circle on a sphere) [syn: {geodesic line}]
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