'Geodetic' definitions:
Definition of 'geodetic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to or determined by geodesy [syn: geodetic, geodesic, geodesical]
Definition of 'Geodetic'
From: GCIDE
- Geodetic \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. [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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'geodetic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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