GEODESIC LINE

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

Synonyms:

geodesic; geodesic line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

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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