I. |jēō|desik, -dēs- adjective
Etymology: French géodésique, from géodésie + -ique -ic, -ical
1. also ge·o·des·i·cal -sə̇kəl : geodetic
2. : constructed in the form of a geodesic dome
a geodesic house
II. noun
also geodesic line
( -s )
: the shortest line between two points on a mathematically derived surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere)