GEODESY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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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