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geodesic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | geodesical, geodetic |
| Derivation | geodesy |
geodesic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(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)
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | geodesic line |
| Type of | line |
Examples of geodesic
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Teach-ins were being held on the sidewalk and under a tarp-covered geodesic dome.
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The main entrance to the former geodesic dome ramped down from the surface level.
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In the 20th century, the geodesic dome was added to the many types of greenhouses.
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Fuller referred to these buildings as monolithic ferroconcrete geodesic domes.
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The open-air center courtyard had been capped with a plastic-paneled geodesic dome.
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Geodesic domes form the building blocks for works including The Eden Project.
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There are eight caravans, with a giant geodesic dome forming the site's centrepiece.
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In the general case, the solution is called the geodesic for the surface considered.
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A geodesic is the path that a particle follows if no force is applied to it.
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- Geodetic: of or relating to or determined by geodesy
- (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)
- In mathematics, a geodesic is a generalization of the notion of a "straight line" to "curved spaces". In the presence of a metric, geodesics are defined to be (locally) the shortest path between points in the space. ...
- (geodesics) Buckminster Fuller's term for his architecturally geometrical tensegrity structures, mainly domes
- A geometric form basic to structures using short sections of lightweight material joined into interlocking polygons. Also a structural system developed by R. Buckminster Fuller to create domes using the above principle.
- A circular line that goes around the full width of a sphere (like the equator or any of the longitude lines that go all the way around the earth). Geodesic domes get their name because in most of these domes, the edges lie on geodesic lines. ...
- Shortest distance between two points on a sphere.
- On a Riemannian manifold or some other metric space, a curve which is the shortest path between any two points on it that are sufficiently close together.
- A hierarchically organized, self-regulating, open system of 'holons'. A system of parts forming a dynamic whole. Coined by Arthur Koestler. Bigger wholes are divided into smaller parts that are again wholes to the parts below them. ...
