The shortest curve between two points on a specific surface.
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A segment of a great circle.
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A course allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course that causes tangent vectors to remain tangent vectors throughout that course (a straight curve, a line that is straight).
adj
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Of or relating to geodesy.
2
Of or relating to a geodesic dome.
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adjective — of or relating to or determined by geodesy
geodetic
geodesical
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Buckminster Fuller is famous for the geodesic dome.
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In what zoo officials claim is the world's largest glazed geodesic dome, thousands of visitors wind their way through the world's largest indoor desert.