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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Geodesic \Ge`o*des"ic\ (j[=e]`[-o]*d[e^]s"[i^]k), Geodesical
  \Ge`o*des"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [Cf. F. g['e]od['e]sique.]
     1. (Math.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Architecture) Made of lightweight structural supporting


        elements connected in a manner to provide great rigidity;
        -- of structures; as, The geodesic dome was invented by R.
        Buckminster Fuller.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Geodesic \Ge`o*des"ic\, n.
     A geodetic line or curve.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  geodesic
       adj 1: of or resembling a geodesic dome
       2: of or relating to or determined by geodesy [syn: {geodetic},
           {geodesical}]
       n : (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
           line}]

















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