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Let $G$ be a nontrivial connected graph on which is defined a coloring $cE\left(G\right)\to \{1,2,...,k\}$, $k\in \mathbb{N}$, of the edges of $G$, where adjacent edges may be colored the same. A path $P$ in $G$ is a rainbow path if no two edges of $P$ are colored the same. The graph $G$ is rainbow-connected if $G$ contains a rainbow $u-v$ path for every two vertices $u$ and $v$ of $G$. The minimum $k$ for which there exists such a $k$-edge coloring is the rainbow connection number $\mathrm{r}c\left(G\right)$ of $G$. If for every pair $u,v$ of distinct vertices, $G$ contains a rainbow $u-v$ geodesic, then $G$ is...