The locally shortest connection between two points.
A geometric form basic to structures using short sections of lightweight material joined into interlocking polygons.
A structural system developed by R. Buckminster Fuller to create domes using geodesic forms.
of or resembling a geodesic dome
(mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or a an arc of a great circle on a sphere)
of or relating to or determined by geodesy
(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)