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GEODESIC LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does geodesic line mean?
• GEODESIC LINE (noun)
The noun GEODESIC LINE has 1 sense:
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)
Familiarity information: GEODESIC LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
geodesic; geodesic line
Hypernyms ("geodesic line" is a kind of...):
line (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
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