geodesia — meaning in English
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English meaning
- surveying noun The science and practice of measuring land — working out exact positions, distances, and boundaries.
Senses
geodesia is used for these senses in English:
- geodesy (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
- geodetics The scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, earth tides, and tectonic motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space.
- surveying The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.