3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Geodetic \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. [1913 Webster] {Geodetic line} or {Geodetic curve}, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: geodetic adj : of or relating to or determined by geodesy [syn: {geodesic}, {geodesical}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 27 Moby Thesaurus words for "geodetic": approximative, cartographic, chorographic, estimative, geodesic, geographic, geological, geophysical, hypsographic, locational, measuring, mensural, mensurational, mensurative, metric, navigational, numerative, oceanographic, physiographic, positional, quantitative, regional, situal, situational, topographic, valuational, valuative
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