Definition of "geodetic" [ge•o•det•ic]

• Geodesic. (adjective)

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• "N THE DECADE starting with 1816, Gauss spent a lot of time away from home directing a massive effort to survey areas of Germany, an endeavor we today would call a geodetic survey."
• "Such straightest lines are known as geodetic lines."
• "Image: An artist's rendition of the way the Earth warps space-time, called the geodetic effect."