geodesic in English

adjective
1
of, relating to, or denoting the shortest possible line between two points on a sphere or other curved surface.
A formula for the line integral of the geodesic curvature along a closed curve is known as the Gauss Bonnet theorem.
noun
1
a geodesic line or structure.
It possesses shortest lines, now called geodesics , which resemble ordinary straight lines.
adjective

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1. The geodesic Curvature is an object of the …

2. This is a geodesic dome made of bamboo.

3. It's a set of concentric geodesic structures with linkages between each one.

4. The geodesic Closeness and eigenvalue approaches consider the Closeness of connection to all other actors, but only by the "most efficient" path (the geodesic)

5. In particular we have that any Bicuspidal geodesic lies in a gap (a non-simple geodesic lies in a gap by 5.7 and a simple geodesic is the center of a gap); hence since the lifts of the cusp are dense (2.3), so too is the union of the gaps

6. Geodesic Airframes are useful for purpose-built crop dusters, built from 4130 stainless steel tubes

7. Your seat, your sleep and your play on a big geodesic island made of leather.

8. We prove that a compact hyperbolic 3-manifold does not possess aC0 foliation, with geodesic leaves.

9. And I'm sure Buckminster Fuller would be very, very proud to see a bamboo geodesic dome.

10. 10 He knew what Greenpeace was, and the geodesic dome, and sado-masochism, and even supply-side economics.

11. Archimedean and Platonic solids are used in various kinds of modern construction such as geodesic domes because their shapes are quite stable

12. Buckminsterfullerene [ bŭk′mĭn-stər-ful ′ə-rēn′ ] An extremely stable, ball-shaped carbon molecule whose structure looks like a geodesic dome

13. What does Buckminsterfullerene mean? An extremely stable, ball-shaped carbon molecule, C60 , reminiscent of a geodesic dome, and believed to occur naturally

14. The invention relates to a device for adjusting the angle of a sighting unit (1) towards a target, in particular for a geodesic-measuring instrument.

15. Inspired by the shape first explored by futurist and inventor Buckminster Fuller Buckyball is a towering 25-foot illuminated sculpture featuring two nested geodesic spheres

16. The precise determination of the Centre required the exacting graphical, analytical and calculation work, which was performed by Marjan Jenko with the available technology of the Ljubljana Geodesic Institute.

17. To add a panoramic mansard to the geodesic construction, we levitate overhead part of roof on a height to one meter. Props are formed by five rectangular frames, that allows the use of ordinary windows.

18. In particular, when M is a (pseudo-)Riemannian manifold and ∇ is the Levi-Civita connection, then the affine geodesic are the usual geodesics of Riemannian geometry and are the locally distance minimizing curves.

19. The geodesic Curvature is considered positive if the rotation of the tangent to $ \overline \gamma \; $ as one passes through $ P $ forms a right-handed screw with the direction of the normal to the surface

20. Definition of Buckminsterfullerene : a spherical fullerene C60 that is an extremely stable form of pure carbon, consists of interconnected pentagons and hexagons suggestive of the geometry of a geodesic dome, and is believed to be a major constituent of soot Examples of Buckminsterfullerene …

21. Buccinal: shaped or sounding like a trumpet buccula: double chin bucentaur: legendary half-man and half-ox buck-and-wing: solo tap dance with many leg flings and leaps buckminsterfullerene: stable carbon molecule with structure like a geodesic dome buckram: stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments bucoliast: writer of

22. The Biosphere (French: La Biosphère), also known as the Montreal Biosphere (French: La Biosphère de Montréal), is a museum dedicated to the environment in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is housed in the former United States pavilion constructed for Expo 67 located within the grounds of Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island.The museum's geodesic dome was designed by Buckminster Fuller.