geodesic

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1. geodesic - Noun

2. geodesic - Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Geodesical

A geodetic line or curve.

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Bodies like the earth are not made to move on curved orbits by a force called gravity; instead, they follow the nearest thing to a straight path in a curved space, which is called a geodesic. A geodesic is the shortest (or longest) path between two nearby points. Stephen Hawking

Man is constantly building anxiety-structures, like geodesic domes, around his social and religious institutions. Northrop Frye

Alfred Engel English Translation:citation As a result of this redefinition, Einstein also redefined the concept of "inertia" in terms of geodesic deviation instead, with some subtle but significant additional implications. Source: Internet

Fitzgibbon was director of Geodesics, Inc. and Synergetics, Inc. the first licensees to design geodesic domes. Source: Internet

Carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their structural and mathematical resemblance to geodesic spheres. Source: Internet

Equations of motion main The theory of general relativity has a fundamental law—the Einstein equations which describe how space curves, the geodesic equation which describes how particles move may be derived from the Einstein equations. Source: Internet

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