About The Word Geodetic
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Geodetic
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What's The Definition Of Geodetic?
[adj] of or relating to or determined by geodesy
Synonyms | Synonyms for Geodetic: geodesic | geodesical Related Terms | Find terms related to Geodetic: approximative | cartographic | chorographic | estimative | geodesic | geographic | geological | geophysical | hypsographic | locational | measuring | mensural | mensurational | mensurative | metric | navigational | numerative | oceanographic | physiographic | positional | quantitative | regional | situal | situational | topographic | valuational | valuative See Also | Geodetic In Webster's Dictionary \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the
operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as,
geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
{Geodetic line} or {curve}, the shortest line that can be
drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the
earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the
osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain
the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be
drawn on any surface between any two points.
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