geo·de·sic
ˌjē-ə-ˈde-sik 
-ˈdē-
-ˈdē-
-zik
1
: geodetic
2
: made of light straight structural elements mostly in tension
a geodesic dome
: the shortest line between two points that lies in a given surface
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
He couch surfed for a while, briefly joined a cult on a ranch, then moved in with a group that lived in a geodesic dome in the mountains.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The more holes a surface has, the more varied and complicated its geodesics can get.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Before then, even as the entire planet begins turning blue and green, the first generations of human explorers could live across an archipelago of interconnected geodesic domes, pressurized and filled with oxygen to replicate Earth.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
He couch surfed for a while, briefly joined a cult on a ranch, then moved in with a group that lived in a geodesic dome in the mountains.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Noun
The problem was that this formula underestimates the number of geodesics.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The more holes a surface has, the more varied and complicated its geodesics can get.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Geodesic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geodesic. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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