GEODESIC

Geodesic

The geodesics are great circle arcs.]]In mathematics, particularly differential geometry, a geodesic is a generalization of the notion of a "straight line" to "curved spaces". In the presence of an affine connection, a geodesic is defined to be a curve whose tangent vectors remain parallel if they are transported along it. If this connection is the Levi-Civita connection induced by a Riemannian metric, then the geodesics are the shortest path between points in the space.

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geodesic

Noun

  1. the shortest line between two points on a specific surface

Adjective

  1. of or relating to geodesy
  2. of or relating to a geodesic dome


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