Geodesy

[dʒi:'ɒdisi]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points.

詹森錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

汉娜錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Land-surveying (on a large scale, as when the curvature of the earth is taken into account).

校對:朗达

解釋/意思:

n. a science whose object is to measure the earth and its parts on a large scale.—ns. Geodē′sian Geod′esist one skilled in geodesy.—adjs. Geodes′ic -al Geodet′ic -al pertaining to or determined by geodesy.

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