单词 | geodesist |
释义 | geodesistn. An expert in geodesy; a geodetic surveyor. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > geographer > [noun] > geodesist geodesist1807 geodete1863 1807 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. VI. 305/1 These maps were delivered to M. de Lisle, who personally examined these young Geodesists, as Lalande calls them, on their return to Petersburg. 1883 Athenæum 14 July 52/3 The principal triangulation of India..has occupied the geodesists continuously since the beginning of the century. 1915 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 91 238 Certain geodesists have modified to a slight extent Prof. Helmert's formula for the normal value of gravity. 1988 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Aug. 37/1 A patient geodesist..will observe that a marker placed to the west of the fault drifts to the right..with a time-averaged velocity of about 34 millimeters per year. 2000 J. N. Wilford Mapmakers (2002) ii. 28 Geodesists perform the painstaking measurements and calculations that provide the frame of reference for all good maps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807 |
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