noun Download 🔗Share The shortest line between two points on a specific surface. Examples : "The shortest route between my house and the school follows the geodesics of the Earth's curved surface. " math physics geology geography astronomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (spherical geometry) A segment of a great circle. Examples : "To fly the shortest path on Earth, airplanes often follow geodesics because the Earth is a sphere, not a flat surface. " math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A course allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course that causes tangent vectors to remain tangent vectors throughout that course (a straight curve, a line that is straight). Examples : "Sentence: "Because the shortest paths on the curved surface of the Earth are geodesics, airplanes often fly routes that appear curved on a flat map." " math physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading