Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as geodesy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Same as geodesy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, earth tides, and tectonic motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space.

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Examples

  • And unrelated to the geodetics of the situation but corresponding to the Aries New Moon, a fireball blazed in the sky throughout the midwest states of the US on Wednesday night as the fiery Aries New Moon squared off against Pluto.

    Astrological Musings Lynn Hayes 2010

  • A look at the geodetics of the situation provides a clue to the location of this event.

    Astrological Musings Lynn Hayes 2010

  • And unrelated to the geodetics of the situation but corresponding to the Aries New Moon, a fireball blazed in the sky throughout the midwest states of the US on Wednesday night as the fiery Aries New Moon squared off against Pluto.

    Astrological Musings Lynn Hayes 2010

  • A look at the geodetics of the situation provides a clue to the location of this event.

    Astrological Musings Lynn Hayes 2010

  • Blue Marble has a long track record of training surveyors and GIS users about the intricacies of geodetics, including coordinate systems, projections, datums, and other essential concepts, through applied hands-on software training.

    GISuser - GIS and Geospatial Technology News 2010

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