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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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25 square Loftcube and the horrible $35K dome home from Timberline geodesics are the main architectural features of Retrothing at www. In geometry this curvature is reflected, for example, in the angle difference of a vector transported around a loop along geodesics, i. Sethian and Ron Kimmel, now at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, described in the July 21, 1998 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES how to use this method to compute the shortest paths, called geodesics, from point to point across hilly terrain and other computer-generated landscapes. |
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