geodesic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ge=o=des=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

geodesic, a. [Cf. F. géodésique.].

•  Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.  [1913 Webster]
•  Made of lightweight structural supporting elements connected in a manner to provide great rigidity; -- of structures; as, The geodesic dome was invented by R. Buckminster Fuller.  [PJC]

geodesic, n. 

 A geodetic line or curve.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

geodesic, adj. (also geodetic)
1 of or relating to geodesy.
2 of, involving, or consisting of a geodesic line.

Idiom

geodesic dome a dome constructed of short struts along geodesic lines. geodesic line the shortest possible line between two points on a curved surface.