Geodesic Synonyms

jēə-dĕsĭk, -dēsĭk
(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)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. geodesic line
Of or relating to or determined by geodesy
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. geodetic
  2. geodesical

Geodesic Sentence Examples

  • It is claimed that there are 100,000 geodesic domes in use around the world.

  • The fixed point sets will then lie on totally geodesic sub manifolds, of even codimension.

  • As part of geodesic surveying work he invented the heliotrope.

  • The molecule was named buckminsterfullerene in honor of the architect, who designed geodesic domes based on similar pentagonal and hexagonal structures.

  • This shape is called a buckyball after Richard Buckminster Fuller, who invented the geodesic dome.