geodesic line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of geodesic line
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Mathematicians call such lines geodesic lines, or simply geodesics.
From Scientific American
In three-dimensional space a geodesic line is by definition the path along which a light ray would propagate.
From Scientific American
It would, of course, be wrong to say that the orbits themselves are geodesic lines in three-dimensional space.
From Scientific American
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