Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun geodesic

1 sense of geodesic

Sense 1
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))
       => line -- (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point)

Similarity of adj geodesic

1 sense of geodesic

Sense 1
geodetic, geodesic, geodesical -- (of or relating to or determined by geodesy)