- 1. a. Alt. of Geodetical Source: opted
- 2. adj. of or relating to or determined by geodesy Source: wordnet
- 3. Of or pertaining to gebdesy; 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. Source: webster
- 4. j:100 a. of or relating to or determined by geodesy Source: ecdict
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