geodesic parameters

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geodesic parameters [¦jē·ə¦des·ik pə′ram·əd·ərz]

(mathematics)

Coordinatesuandvof a surface such that the curves obtained by settinguequal to various constants form a family of geodesic parallels, while the curves obtained by settingvequal to various constants form the corresponding orthogonal family, of lengthu₂-u₁between the points (u₁,v) and (u₂,v).

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