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 Definitions of geodesic line  [ˌdʒi əˈdɛs ɪk, -ˈdi sɪk]  

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Definition of 'geodesic line' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) geodesic line
the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.

Etymology:  (1885–90)

Definition of 'geodesic line' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) geodesic, geodesic line
(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)

'geodesic line' - Nearby Entries  

geodesic  geodesic dome  geodesic line  geodesical  geodesy  geodetic  geoduck  



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