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geodesy
[ jee-od-uh-see ]
noun
- the branch of applied mathematics that deals with the measurement of the shape and area of large tracts of country, the exact position of geographical points, and the curvature, shape, and dimensions of the earth.
geodesy
/ dʒɪˈɒdɪsɪ; ˌdʒiːəʊˈdɛtɪks /
noun
- the branch of science concerned with determining the exact position of geographical points and the shape and size of the earth
geodesy
/ ŧ-ŏ′ĭ-ŧ /
- The scientific study of the size and shape of the Earth, its field of gravity, and such varying phenomena as the motion of the magnetic poles and the tides.
Derived Forms
- ˈǻ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ǻ· noun
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of geodesy1
Example Sentences
The researchers hail from all manner of different fields, including ecology, plant sciences, soil sciences, computer science, robotics, geodesy and agricultural economics.
Around the same time, international unions were created for astronomy, biology, chemistry, geodesy and geophysics, mathematics, physics and radio sciences.
“Jakarta keeps sinking,” said Andreas, an expert in geodesy, or the measuring of the shape of the earth.
It “taught us about hot spot volcanism, about volcano seismology, geodesy, petrology, volcanic structure, hazard mitigation, gas geochemistry, and magmatic plumbing.”
There are already facilities at the Technical University of Munich, and they’ll be merged into an interdisciplinary center for aviation, aerospace, and geodesy, which is the discipline for measuring Earth.
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