Geodesics
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| definition | The shortest distance between two points in space (or space-time). A geodesic on a sphere is an arc of a great circle. In the theory of general relativity, freely falling bodies follow geodesic paths in space-time. | |||||||||||
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| contributor | AAS_Frey.Katie original | |||||||||||