geodesicity

Meaning

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

Similar words

geodesic geoid gyrogeodesic clothoid geomorphy space curve directrix geometrics striction globoid