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differential geometry—a geodesic map (or geodesic mapping or geodesic diffeomorphism) is a function that "preserves geodesics". More precisely, given
Geodesic_map
Straight path on a curved surface or a Riemannian manifold
In geometry, a geodesic (/ˌdʒiː.əˈdɛsɪk, -oʊ-, -ˈdiːsɪk, -zɪk/) is a curve representing in some sense the locally shortest path (arc) between two points
Geodesic
Shortest paths on a bounded deformed sphere-like quadric surface
The study of geodesics on an ellipsoid arose in connection with geodesy specifically with the solution of triangulation networks. The figure of the Earth
Geodesics_on_an_ellipsoid
Type of map projection
3138/carto.43.1.67. ISSN 0317-7173. Crider, John E. (2009-01-01). "A Geodesic Map Projection for Quadrilaterals". Cartography and Geographic Information
Polyhedral_map_projection
Polyhedral compromise map projection
Richards, Allen (May–June 1971). "R. Buckminster Fuller: Designer of the Geodesic Dome and the World Game". Mother Earth News. Retrieved 19 January 2014
Dymaxion_map
Spatial grid based on a geodesic polyhedron
A geodesic grid is a spatial grid based on a geodesic polyhedron or Goldberg polyhedron. The earliest use of the (icosahedral) geodesic grid in geophysical
Geodesic_grid
List of early depictions of the world
Loaysa expeditions and geodesic research undertaken to establish the demarcation line of the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, the maps show for the first time
Early_world_maps
Spherical shell structure based on a geodesic polyhedron
A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron. The rigid triangular elements of the dome distribute
Geodesic_dome
Mathematical function that preserves angles
sciences (including brain mapping and genetic mapping), in applied math (for geodesics and in geometry), in earth sciences (including geophysics, geography,
Conformal_map
Concept in mathematics
Dirichlet energy. As such, the theory of harmonic maps contains both the theory of unit-speed geodesics in Riemannian geometry and the theory of harmonic
Harmonic_map
Cylindrical conformal map projection
circumference of that parallel; i.e., 10,007.5 km. On the other hand, the geodesic between these points is a great circle arc through the pole subtending
Mercator_projection
Systematic representation of the surface of a sphere or ellipsoid onto a plane
Sinusoidal Strebe 1995 Snyder's equal-area polyhedral projection, used for geodesic grids. Tobler hyperelliptical Werner If the length of the line segment
Map_projection
American philosopher, architect and inventor (1895–1983)
known geodesic dome; carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their structural and mathematical resemblance to geodesic spheres
Buckminster_Fuller
Map from tangent space to the manifold
exponential map on the whole tangent space if and only if the manifold is complete as a metric space (which justifies the usual term geodesically complete
Exponential map (Riemannian geometry)
Exponential_map_(Riemannian_geometry)
Mathematics of smooth surfaces
disc ‖v‖ < δ under the exponential map is geodesically convex, i.e. any two points in U are joined by a unique geodesic lying entirely inside U. Gauss's
Differential geometry of surfaces
Differential_geometry_of_surfaces
In mathematics, a geodesic metric space, or a geodesic space, is a concept in metric geometry and metric space theory that formalizes the idea of a space
Geodesic_metric_space
geometry, a geodesic bicombing distinguishes a class of geodesics of a metric space. The study of metric spaces with distinguished geodesics traces back
Geodesic_bicombing
Concept in hyperbolic geometry
earthquake map is a method of changing one hyperbolic manifold into another, introduced by William Thurston (1986). Given a simple closed geodesic on an oriented
Earthquake_map
Geodesic maps preserve the property of having constant curvature
(pseudo-)Riemannian metric determines a certain class of paths known as geodesics. Beltrami's theorem, named for Italian mathematician Eugenio Beltrami
Beltrami's_theorem
cone Autoparallel the same as totally geodesic. Banach space Barycenter, see center of mass. Bi-Lipschitz map. A map f : X → Y {\displaystyle f:X\to Y} is
Glossary of Riemannian and metric geometry
Glossary_of_Riemannian_and_metric_geometry
with ||u|| = 1, the map f : Δ → B given by f(z) = zu is a complex geodesic. Geodesics can be reparametrized: if f is a complex geodesic and g ∈ Aut(Δ) is
Complex_geodesic
Riemannian manifold in which geodesics extend infinitely in all directions
In mathematics, a complete manifold (or geodesically complete manifold) M is a (pseudo-) Riemannian manifold for which, starting at any point p of M, there
Complete_manifold
Horizontal angle from north or other reference cardinal direction
of the spheroid; geodetic azimuth (or geodesic azimuth) is the angle between north and the ellipsoidal geodesic (the shortest path on the surface of the
Azimuth
18th century map of France made by the Cassini family
1/86,400. The map was, for the time, a real innovation and a decisive technical advance. It is the first map to be based on a geodesic triangulation.
Cassini_map
Topics referred to by the same term
X {\displaystyle \gamma _{X}} is a geodesic with initial velocity X, is sometimes also called the exponential map. The above two are special cases of
Exponential_map
Type of map projection
projection, used for geodesic grids. Authalic latitude Authalic radius Equiareal map (mathematics) Measure-preserving dynamical system Geodesic polygon area Snyder
Equal-area_projection
Mathematical function, in linear algebra
In mathematics, and more specifically in linear algebra, a linear map (or linear mapping) is a particular kind of function between vector spaces, which
Linear_map
Type of non-Euclidean geometry
indifferent to the coordinate chart used. The geodesics are similarly invariant: that is, geodesics map to geodesics under coordinate transformation. Hyperbolic
Hyperbolic_geometry
Doubling map on the unit interval
transformation (also known as the dyadic map, bit shift map, 2x mod 1 map, Bernoulli map, doubling map or sawtooth map) is the mapping (i.e., recurrence relation)
Dyadic_transformation
18th-century expedition to present-day Ecuador
The Spanish-French Geodesic Mission (French: Expédition géodésique française en Équateur), also called the French Geodesic Mission to Peru, was an 18th-century
French Geodesic Mission to the Equator
French_Geodesic_Mission_to_the_Equator
Reference frame for measuring location
believe Earth was prolate (narrower at the equator). The subsequent French geodesic missions (1735-1739) to Lapland and Peru corroborated Newton, but also
Geodetic_datum
Special coordinate system in differential geometry
Finsler manifolds in a way that the exponential map are twice-differentiable (Busemann 1955). Geodesic normal coordinates are local coordinates on a manifold
Normal_coordinates
Set of points where the shortest paths from a specific starting point cease to be unique
minimizing geodesic, and is the unique minimizing geodesic connecting the two endpoints. Here exp p {\displaystyle \exp _{p}} denotes the exponential map from
Cut_locus
In mathematics, the geodesic equations are second-order non-linear differential equations, and are commonly presented in the form of Euler–Lagrange equations
Geodesics as Hamiltonian flows
Geodesics_as_Hamiltonian_flows
Then, if two broken geodesics beginning at x {\displaystyle x} have the same endpoint, the corresponding broken geodesics (mapped by I γ {\displaystyle
Cartan–Ambrose–Hicks_theorem
United States historic place
The ASM International Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, at the Materials Park campus in Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio, United States, are the headquarters
ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome
ASM_Headquarters_and_Geodesic_Dome
Smooth manifold with an inner product on each tangent space
differential at p is the identity map. Every Riemannian symmetric space is homogeneous, and consequently is geodesically complete and has constant scalar
Riemannian_manifold
Map from a Lie algebra to its Lie group
connections have the same geodesics (orbits of 1-parameter subgroups acting by left or right multiplication) so give the same exponential map. The Lie group–Lie
Exponential_map_(Lie_theory)
Diffeomorphism that has a hyperbolic structure on the tangent bundle
upper half-plane. Ergodic flow Morse–Smale system Pseudo-Anosov map Dmitri V. Anosov, Geodesic flows on closed Riemannian manifolds with negative curvature
Anosov_diffeomorphism
Theorem in manifold theory
in TpM under the exponential map is perpendicular to all geodesics originating at p. The lemma allows the exponential map to be understood as a radial
Gauss's lemma (Riemannian geometry)
Gauss's_lemma_(Riemannian_geometry)
3D model's surface projected to a 2D image
5+{\frac {\arcsin(d_{y})}{\pi }}.} Cartographic projection Geodesic Least squares conformal map Mesh parameterization NURBS Polygon mesh Radon transformation
UV_mapping
Projection of data onto lower-dimensional manifolds
preserve geodesic distances in its embedding. It is based on Curvilinear Component Analysis (which extended Sammon's mapping), but uses geodesic distances
Nonlinear dimensionality reduction
Nonlinear_dimensionality_reduction
Concept in geometry/topology
(a geodesic) then it is called a geodesic metric space. For instance, the Euclidean plane is a geodesic space, with line segments as its geodesics. The
Intrinsic_metric
First-order method for approximating parallel transport of a vector along a curve
vector at A0. Then x can be identified with a geodesic segment A0X0 via the exponential map. This geodesic σ satisfies σ ( 0 ) = A 0 {\displaystyle \sigma
Schild's_ladder
Partitioned topological space
foliation. A geodesic lamination of a 2-dimensional hyperbolic manifold is a closed subset together with a foliation of this closed subset by geodesics. These
Lamination_(topology)
Tensor in differential geometry
a curved space locally differs from flat space by tracking how nearby geodesics spread apart or converge. Formally, it is a symmetric rank-two tensor
Ricci_curvature
Partition of Earth's surface into subdivided cells
reference ellipsoid. A simplified Geoid: sometimes an old geodesic standard (e.g. SAD69) or a non-geodesic surface (e. g. perfectly spherical surface) must be
Discrete_global_grid
Key results in general relativity on gravitational singularities
the time-like geodesics into the future, it is impossible for the boundary of the region they form to be generated by the null geodesics from the surface
Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems
Penrose–Hawking_singularity_theorems
Environment museum in Montreal, Quebec
suspended geodesic sphere inside it that would serve as the setting for his "World Game" project. This was to be an interactive world map featuring "information
Montreal_Biosphere
System of moving vectors in differential geometry
another along the geodesic. Likewise, unit vectors orthogonal to the tangent vectors are also parallel transported along the geodesic. By linearity, this
Parallel_transport
Object in differential geometry
the geometry of geodesics. Given a system of parametrized geodesics, one can specify a class of affine connections having those geodesics, but differing
Torsion_tensor
parallelism Prime geodesic Geodesic flow Exponential map (Lie theory) Exponential map (Riemannian geometry) Injectivity radius Geodesic deviation equation
List of differential geometry topics
List_of_differential_geometry_topics
topology, Busemann functions are used to study the large-scale geometry of geodesics in Hadamard spaces and in particular Hadamard manifolds (simply connected
Busemann_function
Mathematical operation on vector spaces
space to which is associated a bilinear map V × W → V ⊗ W {\displaystyle V\times W\rightarrow V\otimes W} that maps a pair ( v , w ) {\displaystyle (v,w)}
Tensor_product
{\displaystyle 0<s<t} . Then this map is an interval exchange transformation and it can be used to study the dynamic of the geodesic flow. Veech, William A. (1982)
Translation_surface
Evolution of the art and science of mapmaking
the first scientific world map. Incorporating information from the Magellan, Gómez, and Loaysa expeditions and the geodesic research undertaken to codify
History_of_cartography
Topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space
Directional statistics – Subdiscipline of statistics: statistics on manifolds Geodesic – Straight path on a curved surface or a Riemannian manifold List of manifolds
Manifold
Hotel resort at Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
of the Hawaiian Village Hotel. In 1957, the modern Ocean Tower and the Geodesic Dome were added. Conrad Hilton bought half of the resort from Henry J.
Hilton_Hawaiian_Village
These are used to define the fundamental group, chains in homology theory, geodesic curves, and systolic geometry. Embedded paths and loops lead to knot theory
Maps_of_manifolds
Science of measuring the shape, orientation, and gravity of Earth
The general solution is called the geodesic for the surface considered, and the differential equations for the geodesic are solvable numerically. On the
Geodesy
Monument park in Ecuador
takes its name) and commemorates the eighteenth-century Franco-Spanish Geodesic Mission which fixed its approximate location; they also contain the Museo
Ciudad_Mitad_del_Mundo
Geographic coordinate specifying north-south position
as intermediate constructs in map projections of the reference ellipsoid to the plane or in calculations of geodesics on the ellipsoid. Their numerical
Latitude
Concepts in mathematics
other components. The exponential map exp : TpM → M is defined as exp(X) = γ(1) where γ : I → M is the unique geodesic passing through p at 0 and whose
Vector_flow
of Peru, the standard of the toise constructed in 1735 for the French Geodesic Mission to the Equator, might be so much damaged that comparison with it
Topographic Map of Switzerland
Topographic_Map_of_Switzerland
Branch of differential geometry
diverse results concerning the geometry of surfaces and the behavior of geodesics on them, with techniques that can be applied to the study of differentiable
Riemannian_geometry
September 2003. Retrieved 1 August 2010.[permanent dead link] Calculated as geodesic area of polygon from OSM. "Largest Islands of the World by Region". Joshua
List_of_islands_by_area
Distance measured along the surface of the Earth
title (link) Torge & Müller (2012) Geodesy, De Gruyter, p.249 An online geodesic calculator (based on GeographicLib). An online geodesic bibliography.
Geographical_distance
Polyhedral equal-area map projection
similar to the quad sphere but is not equal-area. List of map projections Cube mapping Geodesic grid "Quadrilateralized Spherical Cube — PROJ 9.2.1 documentation"
Quadrilateralized spherical cube
Quadrilateralized_spherical_cube
Iranian mathematician (1977–2017)
Slightly more formally, a curve is a geodesic if no slight deformation can make it shorter. Closed geodesics are geodesics which are also closed curves—that
Maryam_Mirzakhani
Cartesian geographic coordinate system
particular map projection. Each projected coordinate system, such as "Universal Transverse Mercator WGS 84 Zone 26N," is defined by a choice of map projection
Projected_coordinate_system
Curtis T. McMullen (2001). "Local connectivity, Kleinian groups and geodesics on the blowup of the torus". Inventiones Mathematicae. 146 (1): 35–91
Cannon–Thurston_map
Pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection
projection, is a geodesic grid developed by the NASA's Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) science team. List of map projections Gerardus
Sinusoidal_projection
Dark ride at Epcot
the EPCOT theme park at the Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. The geodesic sphere in which the attraction is housed has served as the symbolic structure
Spaceship_Earth_(Epcot)
projections were described by Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. Geodesics on a triaxial ellipsoid Map projection Reference ellipsoid Jacobi ellipsoid Latitude
Map projection of the triaxial ellipsoid
Map_projection_of_the_triaxial_ellipsoid
Mathematical model of the time dependence of a point in space
medicine. Dynamical systems are a fundamental part of chaos theory, logistic map dynamics, bifurcation theory, the self-assembly and self-organization processes
Dynamical_system
Branch of geometry
a Riemannian n-manifold M {\displaystyle M} , consider its unit-speed geodesic curves (i.e. parameterized by arc length). This produces a transport of
Contact_geometry
Upper-half plane model of hyperbolic non-Euclidean geometry
half-plane, this geodesic is mapped into the other geodesics through the action of PSL(2,R). Thus, the general unit-speed geodesic is given by γ ( t
Poincaré_half-plane_model
Function between two metric spaces that only respects their large-scale geometry
group G acts properly discontinuously with compact quotient on a proper geodesic space X then G is quasi-isometric to X (meaning that any Cayley graph for
Quasi-isometry
Baseball stadium in Nagoya, Japan
capacity of 36,418 for sports and 49,000 for concerts. It is an example of a geodesic dome. It has served as the home stadium for the Chunichi Dragons professional
Vantelin_Dome_Nagoya
Pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection
another alternative grid based on the icosahedron. List of map projections Spatial grid Geodesic grid Calabretta, Mark R.; Roukema, Boudewijn F. (2007).
HEALPix
Map projection system
coordinate system based on the transverse Mercator map projection of the Earth spheroid. As a map projection, it transforms geographic coordinates of
Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system
Universal_Transverse_Mercator_coordinate_system
Partition of a sphere's surface into polygons
needed by craftspeople and architects. The work of Buckminster Fuller on geodesic domes in the mid 20th century triggered a boom in the study of spherical
Spherical_polyhedron
{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} \mathrm {P} ^{n-1}} . The Veronese embedding maps each geodesic in R P n − 1 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} \mathrm {P} ^{n-1}} to a circle
Veronese_map
System to specify locations on Earth
of Tyre compiled an extensive gazetteer and mathematically plotted world map using coordinates measured east from a prime meridian at the westernmost
Geographic_coordinate_system
Gives equivalent statements about the geodesic completeness of Riemannian manifolds
space; M {\displaystyle M} is geodesically complete; that is, for every p ∈ M , {\displaystyle p\in M,} the exponential map expp is defined on the entire
Hopf–Rinow_theorem
(pseudo-)Riemannian manifold whose geodesics are reversible
T_{p}M} as minus the identity (every symmetric space is complete, since any geodesic can be extended indefinitely via symmetries about the endpoints). Both
Symmetric_space
Map projection
constant scale along the geodesic of conceptual tangency. Hotine's work was extended by Engels and Grafarend in 1995 to make the geodesic of conceptual tangency
Oblique_Mercator_projection
Causal relationships between points in a manifold
conformal transformation. A null geodesic remains a null geodesic under a conformal rescaling. An infinite metric admits geodesics of infinite length/proper
Causal_structure
Polyhedron resembling a soccerball
English), typically patterned with white hexagons and black pentagons. Geodesic dome structures, such as those whose architecture Buckminster Fuller pioneered
Truncated_icosahedron
Length of shortest path between two nodes of a graph
edges in a shortest path (also called a graph geodesic) connecting them. This is also known as the geodesic distance or shortest-path distance. Notice that
Distance_(graph_theory)
Multi-purpose venue in Jeddah
record previously held by the Caesars Superdome, and the world’s largest geodesic dome. Notable Events List of largest buildings "Jeddah Superdome: Say hello
Jeddah_Super_Dome
On the structure of complete Riemannian manifolds of non-positive sectional curvature
the exponential map of a non-positively curved geodesically complete connected manifold is a covering map (McAlpin 1965; Lang 1999, IX, §3). Completeness
Cartan–Hadamard_theorem
Geographic notion
22°14′26″ S). On a map, the circles of latitude may or may not be parallel, and their spacing may vary, depending on which projection is used to map the surface
Circle_of_latitude
Branch of mathematics that studies dynamical systems
kind. In geometry, methods of ergodic theory have been used to study the geodesic flow on Riemannian manifolds, starting with the results of Eberhard Hopf
Ergodic_theory
Mathematical space with a notion of distance
becomes a geodesic: a curve which is a distance-preserving function. A geodesic is a shortest possible path between any two of its points. A geodesic metric
Metric_space
Möbius transformation generalized to rings other than the complex numbers
appearing perpendicular to the geodesics. See Anosov flow for a worked example of the fibration: in this example, the geodesics are given by the fractional
Linear fractional transformation
Linear_fractional_transformation
Metric tensor describing constant negative (hyperbolic) curvature
z_{2}\in U.} The geodesics for this metric tensor are circular arcs whose endpoints are orthogonal to the boundary of the disk. Geodesic flows on the Poincaré
Poincaré_metric
Natural moving frame in differential geometry of surfaces
where: κg is the geodesic curvature of the curve, κn is the normal curvature of the curve, and τr is the relative torsion (also called geodesic torsion) of
Darboux_frame
Historic house in Illinois, United States
only geodesic dome Fuller lived in, as well as the only property he ever owned. Fuller, a prolific architect and engineer, popularized the geodesic dome
R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home
R._Buckminster_Fuller_and_Anne_Hewlett_Dome_Home
geodesic. More intuitively, the flow of the projective maps geodesics smoothly into geodesics without preserving the affine parameter. In dealing with
Projective_vector_field
GEODESIC MAP
GEODESIC MAP
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Maple.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from the medieval female personal name Mab(be) (see Mapp).
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Maple Tree
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
God of youth and music.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a variant of the medieval female personal name Mab(be), a short form of Middle English, Old French Amabel (from Latin amabilis ‘loveable’). This has survived into the 20th century in the short form Mabel.English : possibly from an unattested Old English male personal name, Mappa.English : from Old Welsh map, mab ‘son’, which was used as a distinguishing epithet.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for someone with boils or lumpy skin, or perhaps for a hunchback, from Middle High German maser ‘lump’, ‘protuberance’.German and English : from Middle High Germanmaser, Middle English maser ‘maple-wood bowl’ (Old French masere, of Germanic origin), hence a metonymic occupational name for a wood-turner producing such ware.English : variant spelling of Macer, an occupational name for a mace-bearer, from Old French maissier, massier, a derivative of Old French masse ‘mace’.German (Maaser) : pet form of Thomas.
Female
Native American
Native American Sioux name MAPIYA means "sky."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of the female personal name Mabel (see Mapp).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin, perhaps, as Reaney suggests, from a pet form of the Old English personal name Wippa, or perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a whipple tree, whatever that may have been. Chaucer lists whippletree (probably a kind of dogwood) along with maple, thorn, beech, hazel, and yew.Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, in about 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a maple tree, Middle English mapel (Old English mapul).French : from Latin mapula, a diminutive of mappa ‘piece of cloth’, ‘napkin’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a cloth merchant or a weaver.
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Star; Map
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset and Gloucester)
English (Somerset and Gloucester) : unexplained. Perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : metronymic from the medieval female personal name Mab(be) (see Mapp 1).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Great and Little Linford in Buckinghamshire or Lynford in Norfolk. The former may have Old English hlyn ‘maple’ as its first element; the latter is more likely to contain līn ‘flax’. The second element in each case is Old English ford ‘ford’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
King of stars, Map
Boy/Male
Hindu
King of stars, Map
Girl/Female
Tamil
King of stars, Map
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Maple.
Girl/Female
Hindu
King of stars, Map
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the medieval personal name Masselin. This originated as an Old French pet form of Germanic names with the first element mathal ‘speech’, ‘counsel’. However, it was later used as a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace. A feminine form, Mazelina, was probably originally a pet form of Matilda.English and French : possibly a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden bowls, from Middle English, Old French maselin ‘bowl or goblet of maple wood’ (a diminutive of Old French masere ‘maple wood’, of Germanic origin). In some cases it may derive from the homonymous dialect terms maslin, one of which means ‘brass’ (Old English mæslen, mæstling), the other ‘mixed grain’ (Old French mesteillon).
GEODESIC MAP
GEODESIC MAP
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Support
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Matthias, MATHIAS means "gift of God."
Girl/Female
English
Blend of Geri plus Erica.
Female
French
 Contracted form of French Adeline, ALINE means "little noble." Compare with another form of Aline.
Male
Egyptian
, the charioteer of Rameses II.
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, British, Celebrity, Christian, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Latin, Lebanese, Malayalam, Muslim, Sindhi, Swedish, Telugu
River; Clay; War Like; Constant; Woman; Holy; Pure; Anointed; Little One; Follower of Christ; An Instrument; Follower of God
Girl/Female
Afghan, American, Arabic, Australian, British, English, Hebrew, Latin, Muslim
Graceful; Intelligent; From Denmark; Form of Dana
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Blessing from Indra; King of Gods
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
Fern Field
Girl/Female
Latin
Announces.
GEODESIC MAP
GEODESIC MAP
GEODESIC MAP
GEODESIC MAP
GEODESIC MAP
n.
A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A. saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A. campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is A. platanoides.
a.
Producing geodes; containing geodes.
n.
That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively.
n.
The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
n.
A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
n.
Same as Geodesy.
n.
An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.
n.
That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Map
adv.
In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.
a.
Alt. of Geodesical
a.
Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.
n.
A geodetic line or curve.
imp. & p. p.
of Map
n.
The making, or study, of maps.
a.
Alt. of Geodetical
a.
Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
v. t.
To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
n.
One versed in geodesy.
a.
Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.