geodetic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ge=o=det=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

geodetic, a. 

 Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.  [1913 Webster]

Geodetic line or Geodetic 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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

geodetic, var. of GEODESIC.

THESAURUS

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