A geometer.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor (31) geometrian?c1400 A geometer. geometrician?1537 A person who measures land or the earth; a surveyor. Cf. geometer, n. 3. Obsolete. surveyor1551 One whose business it is to survey land, etc.; one who makes surveys, or practises surveying: see survey, n. 5a, survey, v. 2, surveying, n. 2. land-meter1582 A land-measurer or surveyor. land-measurer1632 One whose occupation is land-measuring. measurer1636 North American. A surveyor. Obsolete. rare. geodesian1650 A person who measures or surveys land; a geodesist. geometrist1772 = geometer, n. 1. geometer1773 Chiefly U.S. A person who measures land or the earth; a surveyor. Cf. geometrician, n. 2. Now chiefly historical. arpenteur1789 A measurer of land; a land-surveyor. land-surveyor1792 One whose professional occupation is to measure land, draw up plans of estates, and the like. fieldman1838 A surveyor engaged in fieldwork (fieldwork, n. 2). Now historical. Subcategories:— using specific methods (3) — using specific instruments (5) — one who holds the levelling staff (1) — the bearer of a measuring chain (4) — surveyor of coastline (1) — of roads (2) — of railway (1) — of farms and freehold lands (1) — of mines, using compass (1) |
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