geodesic
pronunciation
How to pronounce geodesic in British English:
UK [ˌdʒi:əʊˈdesɪk]
How to pronounce geodesic in American English:
US [ˌdʒioʊˈdesɪk]
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- Noun:
- (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)
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- Adjective:
- of or resembling a geodesic dome
- of or relating to or determined by geodesy
Word Origin
- geodesic (adj.)
- 1809, from geodesy "surveying" + -ic; earlier was geodesical (1818). Alternative geodetic, from the classical stem, is from 1819; geodetical is from c. 1600. Geodesic dome, one built according to geodesic principles, is attested from 1953.
Example
- 1. Of or resembling a geodesic dome .
- 2. In a structure that resembles a geodesic dome ?
- 3. Geodesic domes do not just exist on drawing board , they exist in our real world .
- 4. Fuller 's geodesic domes were probably the largest soccer-ball-shaped objects in existence .
- 5. The u. s. pavilion was a 200 foot-high geodesic dome designed by inventor r. buckminster fuller , a trailblazer for geodesic structures .