totally geodesic

adjective

describing a submanifold whose geodesics are also geodesics of the surrounding manifold

Meanings

adjectivetotally geodesic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsdescribing a submanifold whose geodesics are also geodesics of the surrounding manifold
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