geodesic
[,dʒi:әu'desik]
a. 测, 测, 测

n. 测

[] 测

1. The Geodesic Dome——the House of the Future?
   测圆屋顶——未房屋?
2. A geodesic dome that size would make it possible to have complete control over the environment inside it.
   规模网球顶完控制住里环境。
3. Today, there are about one-hundred-thousand different large and small geodesic domes in use around the world.
   今，10万网球顶界使。

geodesic
[ noun ]

1. (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere)

<noun.shape>

[ adj ]

1. of or relating to or determined by geodesy

<adj.pert>

Geodesic \Ge`o*des"ic\ (j[=e]`[-o]*d[e^]s"[i^]k), Geodesical
\Ge`o*des"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [Cf. F. g['e]od['e]sique.]
1. (Math.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.

2. (Architecture) Made of lightweight structural supporting
elements connected in a manner to provide great rigidity;
-- of structures; as, The geodesic dome was invented by R.
Buckminster Fuller.
[PJC]


Geodesic \Ge`o*des"ic\, n.
A geodetic line or curve.