geodesic

Words with a similar base: geodesic, geodesic_line, geodesical

'geodesic'

[geodesic.n.01] as in: (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'

[geodetic.a.01] as in: of or relating to or determined by geodesy