geodesy

Definitions


[dʒɪˈɒdɪsi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the branch of mathematics dealing with the shape and area of the earth or large portions of it


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Origin:
late 16th century: from modern Latin geodaesia, from Greek geōdaisia, from gē ‘earth’ + daiein ‘divide’




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