having a shape or structure made from small flat pieces, usually triangles or pentagons, that are put together to form curves 网格式的〔指立体形状或结构由小的平面形状构成的〕
a geodesic dome
网格穹顶
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geodesic• Then, because the space is locally flat, each such pathelement is part of some geodesic.• He knew what Greenpeace was, and the geodesicdome, and sado-masochism, and even supply-side economics.• He was forty-four years old, on display under a geodesic dome.• These geodesicequations are quite familiar.• The analysis of Mercury's motioncommences with the statement that Mercury follows a geodesic in the Schwarzschild space-time around the Sun.• In cases where the route does not follow a geodesic it would be necessary to split the path into infinitesimalsteps.• Pitching: a fairly standardgeodesic shape which is easy to erect.• K will have the same value for all geodesicsurfaces and at all points.