geodesic Definition
geo·desic (jē′ə des′ik, -dē′sik)
adjective
- geodetic (sense )
- designating the shortest surface line between two points on a surface, esp. a curved surface
- 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
geodesic Usage Examples
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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