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geodesicity

geodesicity noun: the property of a smooth curve being a geodesic or of a vector field to be geodesic in the context of differential geometry.

Noun

geodesicity (uncountable)

  1. The property of a smooth curve being a geodesic or of a vector field to be geodesic in the context of differential geometry.
  2. The characterisation of a differentiable manifold in terms of its geodesics, such as the quality of a submanifold being totally geodesic.

Origin of geodesicity

From geodesic + -ity.

Questions about geodesicity

What does geodesicity mean?
Geodesicity means the property of a smooth curve being a geodesic or of a vector field to be geodesic in the context of differential geometry.
What part of speech is geodesicity?
Geodesicity is a noun.

Words near geodesicity in the dictionary

  1. geodesic
  2. geodesic dome
  3. geodesic domes
  4. geodesical
  5. geodesically
  6. geodesicity
  7. geodesics
  8. geodesies
  9. geodesist
  10. geodesists
  11. geodesy

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