|
|
ge·od·e·sy
 geodesy
|
|
- pronunciation:
- ji
a
d
si
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
the science concerned with measuring the size, shape, area, and curvature of the entire earth or of large parts of it and with locating specific geographical points.
|
|
|
| derivation: |
geodesist (n.) |
|
|