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GEODESY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does geodesy mean?
• GEODESY (noun)
The noun GEODESY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
Familiarity information: GEODESY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("geodesy" is a kind of...):
geophysical science; geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)
Derivation:
geodesic; geodesical; geodetic (of or relating to or determined by geodesy)
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