geodesy

Meaning

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

Synonyms

geodetics

land surveying

surveying

geodetic surveying

geodetic survey

geodetic engineering

Translations

géodésie

geodesia

Geodäsie

geodesia

γεωδαισία

geodesia

geodésia

geodesie

jeodezi

جيوديسيا

landmeetkunde

Erdvermessung

geodèsia

aardmeetkunde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʒiːˈɒdɪsi/

Etymology

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