Term: geodesic: (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere)
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: delta rhythm: the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep; occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hertz)
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: stampede: a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: plasma physics: the branch of physics concerned with matter in its plasma phase
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: arianist: an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God)
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: viola da braccio: a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: autoplasty: surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: fiat money: money that the government declares to be legal tender although it cannot be converted into standard specie
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: electrolysis: (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: falsification: the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
Broader: line: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | Unrelated: northern bog lemming: of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska