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geodesic

1. relating to or involving the geometry of curved surfaces

2. the shortest line between two points on a curved or plane surface

geodesic [¦jē·ə¦des·ik]

(mathematics)

A curve joining two points in a Riemannian manifold which has minimum length.

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geodesic (redirected from Geodesic flow)

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