Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
geodetic, geodesic, geodesical
(adjective) of or relating to or determined by geodesy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
geodetic (not comparable)
Of or relating to geodesy; geodesic.
Source: Wiktionary
Ge`o*det"ic, Ge`o*det"ic*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to gebdesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. Geodetic line or curve, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.