Geodesy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The geologic science of the size and shape of the earth.
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  • n. Scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, earth tides, and crustal motion) in three‐dimensional, time‐varying space.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Formerly, the art of land-surveying in general, but now restricted to that branch of applied mathematics, distinctively called higher geodesy, which investigates the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, the exact determinations of geographical positions and the azimuths of directions, the general figure of the earth, and the variations of the intensity of gravity in different regions, by means of direct observation and measurement.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    geophysical science    geophysics   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Odyssey    odyssey   
     
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