geodesic

geo·desic (jē′ə des′ik, -dē′sik)

adjective

geodetic (sense )
1. designating the shortest surface line between two points on a surface, esp. a curved surface
2. of or pertaining to the geometry of such lines
☆ Archit. having a structurally strong surface made up of short, straight, lightweight bars that form a grid of polygons geodesic dome

noun

a geodesic line

Modifies a noun

dome: The invention of the geodesic dome was a solution to the pressing housing problem at the time.
tent: From crampons to geodesic tents Summit Stats How many people have reached the top of Everest?
conservatory: The biomes: The giant greenhouses, or biomes, built within the pit are the largest geodesic lean-to conservatories in the world.
flow: It can be shown rigorously that ergodic behavior arise in the context of certain geodesic flows.
structure: Geodesic structures are especially good at spanning large spaces.
design: Instead of crossing over all the poles in the center, geodesic designs have them crossing at different points.

Modifying Another Word

totally: The fixed point sets will then lie on totally geodesic sub manifolds, of even codimension.

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