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The branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
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geodesy
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Geodesy , — also known as geodetics , geodetic engineering or geodetics engineering — a branch of applied mathematics and earth sciences , is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth (or any planet ), including ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Geodesy \Ge*od"e*sy\, n. [Gr. ?; ge`a, gh^, the earth + ? to divide: cf. F. g['e]od['e]sie.] (Math.) That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the ...
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n. the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (lb el sciences geography) The discipline which deals with the measurement and representation of (l en Earth), its (l en gravitational) field and (l en geodynamic) phenomena (polar motion, Earth tides, and crustal motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, "surveying," from Modern Latin geodaesia , from Greek geodaisia "division of the earth;" ultimately from ge "earth" (see Gaia ) + stem of daiein "divide."
Usage examples of geodesy.
He marvelled at the way Schwarzschild geodesies flowed into cheek-planes, the spinors transfigured themselves as eyebrows, and the tensor fields spread out and grew into the forehead of this blazing, inner face.
He jaunted along the spacetime geodesies to Elsewheres and Elsewhens, translating “i,” the square root of minus one, from an imaginary number into reality by a magnificent act of imagination.