α. 1600s geodaetick, 1800s– geodaetic, 1800s– geodetic, 1800s– geodoetic.
β. 1800s– geodotic.
单词 | geodetic |
释义 | geodeticn.adj.α. 1600s geodaetick, 1800s– geodaetic, 1800s– geodetic, 1800s– geodoetic. β. 1800s– geodotic. A. n. ΚΠ a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 62 The smaller Geodaeticks arise from such of the greater as admit of subdivisions. 2. Geometry. = geodesic n. 1 ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > over circle or sphere diameter1387 dimetient?a1560 beam1570 dimetient line1601 radiusa1657 diametral1658 ray1690 geodetic1850 geodesic1856 1850 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1847–50 4 288 Besides the geodetics which coincide with the principal sections of the surface, there are others among them which are closed curves. 1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §137 There must..be tortuosity in every geodetic of the closed polygon. 1965 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 250 145 The profiles of the undischarged thread are not geodetics of the discharged cylindrical surface of the thread. 1999 Math. Biosci. 157 25 The analogy comes from the fact that great circles are geodetics on the sphere, i.e. an arc of the great circle which passes through two points is the shortest pathway on the sphere between these points. B. adj. 1. Of or relating to geodesy. Cf. slightly earlier geodesic adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [adjective] > measurement geodetical1610 geodesical1802 geodesic1803 geodetic1807 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. II. 360/2 Dionis du Séjour on geodetic calculation. 1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Astron. xiii. 253/1 Those great geodetic operations which have been undertaken to determine the figure of the earth. 1880 Nature 1 Jan. 197/1 Geographical and topographical work such as had been carried on by the Coast and Geodetic Surveys and the Land Office. 1950 J. Clendinning Princ. Surv. (1966) i. vi. 88 The measurement of a geodetic base line is one of the most accurate operations that a surveyor is expected to carry out. 1978 R. V. Jones Most Secret War (1979) xxxxi. 353 It was so accurate that we had to look into the geodetic alignment of the Ordnance Survey with the Continent. 1989 R. J. Smith Unknown CIA vii. 137 Missile reliability and accuracy, not to mention precise geodetic siting of both launch pad and target, were the essential elements. 2006 Nature 2 Mar. 32/1 One of the most interesting aspects of the new geodetic models is the large amount of post-seismic slip. 2. Geometry. = geodesic adj. 3. Chiefly in geodesic curve, geodetic line. ΚΠ 1811 C. Hutton Course Math. III. v. 115 A line traced in the manner we have now been describing..is called a geodetic or geodesic line: it has the property of being the shortest which can be drawn between its two extremities on the surface of the earth. 1853 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1850–3 5 340 If the proposed boundary B be a closed geodetic curve returning into itself, the total curvature of the included portion of the surface will be equal to a hemisphere. 1870 Nature 13 Jan. 297/2 To obtain the length of the arc of any orthogonal trajectory to the two geodetic lines in question. 1917 Science 23 Nov. 513/2 Linear growth of the former [spicules] under restraint leading to forms which have for their mathematical basis geodetic curves. 1966 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S. 55 1401 Nets that form manifolds with boundaries that are disjoint, simply connected closed geodetic polygons. 2002 J. Chay Unequal Partners Peace & War ii. 33 The 38th parallel, a geodetic line, which cuts Korea indiscriminately, created a critical situation on the peninsula. 3. Engineering. = geodesic adj. 4.Recorded earliest in geodetic construction n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1935 Times 11 Nov. 3/6 The wings and fuselage are of the ‘geodetic’ construction method devised by Mr. B. N. Wallis. 1954 Burlington Mag. Apr. 124/1 Shapes which had been considered the peculiar result of the arrival of new materials: the parabolic vault, geodetic structure, panel-and-frame construction. 1979 Aviation Week (Nexis) 5 Nov. 25 Wallis..developed the geodetic airframe design used in the Vickers Wellington bomber of World War 2. 1995 Amer. Cinematographer Dec. 46 Smithies constructed the three towers surrounding the lake, and the large geodetic triangle suspended between them, out of lightweight dural-aluminum. 2000 D. Francis Shattered (2001) 12 I made..a striped hollow blue-green and purple fish with fins, a geodetic type of ornament that looked impressively difficult. Compounds geodetic construction n. Engineering a method of construction using load-bearing members which follow geodesic lines and typically form an open framework of triangles and polygons.Chiefly with reference to the airframe designs of the British engineer Barnes Neville Wallis (1887–1979). ΚΠ 1935‘Geodetic’ construction method [see sense B. 3]. 1936 Jrnl. Aeronaut. Sci. Dec. 78/1 The multitudinous fittings employed in the geodetic construction..add much to the weight and cost of the structure. 1958 New Scientist 15 May 27/2 The airship embodied Wallis's first essay in geodetic construction, and it was a complete success. 2009 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 30 July a14 There is nothing evocative of the armed forces about it [sc. the design of a bridge], unless a passing similarity to the geodetic construction of the Vickers Wellington bomber counts. geodetic dome n. = geodesic dome n. at geodesic adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > dome or cupola tipe1532 cupola1549 thole1633 dome1656 tholosc1660 imperial1826 onion dome1868 domelet1883 geodesic dome1952 geodetic dome1957 geodesic1977 1957 Washington Post 16 May a1/2 A Marine Corps geodetic dome, a metal and plastic structure more than 20 feet across, was blown a hundred feet across a road. 1970 K. Platt Pushbutton Butterfly (1971) viii. 84 The house..was a series of geodetic domes clustered igloo-like beneath the main house. 2005 BioSystems 82 193/1 ∼1 million copies of α- and β-spectrin..line the inner surface of the membrane like a geodetic dome, with triangular facets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1690 |
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