geodesy

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

geodèsia

Sinònims

geodetics

land surveying

surveying

geodetic surveying

geodetic survey

geodetic engineering

Traduccions

géodésie

Geodäsie

geodesia

geodesia

γεωδαισία

geodesia

geodésia

geodesie

jeodezi

جيوديسيا

Erdvermessung

landmeetkunde

aardmeetkunde

aardmeting

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dʒiːˈɒdɪsi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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