geodesicity

English

Etymology

geodesic +‎ -ity

Noun

geodesicity (uncountable)

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