Geodesy Definition

jē-ŏdĭ-sē
noun
The branch of applied mathematics concerned with measuring, or determining the shape of, the earth or a large part of its surface, or with locating points on its surface with precision.
Webster's New World

Origin of Geodesy

  • From French géodésie, from Medieval Latin geōdaesia, from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía), from γῆ (gē, “earth”) + δαίω (daíō, “to divide”).

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin geōdaesia from Greek geōdaisiā geō- geo- daiesthai to divide dā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Geodesy Sentence Examples

  • Hence geodesy may be regarded as a branch of practical astronomy.

  • This post he retained until 1894, when he migrated to the university of Cracow as extraordinary professor, becoming in 1897 ordinary professor of astronomy and geodesy.

  • The data products are stored in a central databank and made available online to the space geodesy and geodynamics community.

  • The publication has chapters that address key issues in geodesy such as geodetic surveying techniques, geodetic systems, physical geodesy and satellite geodesy.

  • When the fluctuation in the position of the pole was fully confirmed, its importance in astronomy and geodesy led the International Geodetic Association to establish a series of stations round the globe, as nearly as possible on the same parallel of latitude, for the purpose of observing the fluctuation with a greater degree of precision than could be attained by the miscellaneous observations before available.

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