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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Geodesic

/(jē`ō̇*dĕs"ĭk)/ · Ge·o·des·ic · IPA /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈdɛs.ɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.(Math.)
  2. 2.
    Made of lightweight structural supporting elements connected in a manner to provide great rigidity; -- of structures; as, The geodesic dome was invented by R. Buckminster Fuller.(Architecture)
02 n. A geodetic line or curve.
  1. 1.
    A geodetic line or curve.