geodesy
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English
Alternative forms
- geodæsy (archaic)
Etymology
From French géodésie, from Medieval Latin geōdaesia, from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + δαίω (daíō, “to divide”).
Pronunciation
Noun
geodesy (usually uncountable, plural geodesies)
- (sciences, geography) The discipline which 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
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scientific discipline
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