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{ Ge`o*det"ic (?), 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.


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.


Ge`o*det"ic*al*ly, adv. In a
geodetic manner; according to geodesy.


Ge`o*det"ics (?), n. Same as
Geodesy.


Ge`o*dif"er*ous (?), a. [Geode +
-ferous.] (Min.) Producing geodes; containing
geodes.


Ge"o*duck (?), n. [American Indian
name.] (Zoöl.) A gigantic clam (Glycimeris
generosa
) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as
an article of food.


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