noun🔗Share測地線The shortest line between two points on a specific surface."The shortest route between my house and the school follows the geodesics of the Earth's curved surface. "私の家と学校の間の最短ルートは、地球の曲面上の測地線に沿っています。mathphysicsgeologygeographyastronomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share大円の線分(spherical geometry) A segment of a great circle."To fly the shortest path on Earth, airplanes often follow geodesics because the Earth is a sphere, not a flat surface. "地球上で最短の経路を飛行するために、飛行機は地球が平面ではなく球体であるため、多くの場合、大円の線分をたどります。mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share測地線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)."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." "地球の曲面上の最短経路は測地線であるため、飛行機は平らな地図上では曲線に見えるルートをよく飛びます。mathphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
