Betekenis van:
geodesic line
geodesic line
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- (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)
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- That portion of the convention area bounded on the south by a line extending due east from a point at 61o00′ north latitude and 65o00′ west longitude to a point at 61o00′ north latitude and 59o00′ west longitude, thence in a south-easterly direction along a rhumb line to a point at 60o12′ north latitude and 57o13′ west longitude; thence bounded on the east by a series of geodesic lines joining the following points: