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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (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);
[syn: geodesic, geodesic line]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

geodesic line n 1: (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) [syn: geodesic, geodesic line]