单词 | geodetical |
释义 | geodeticaladj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to geodesy; = geodetic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [adjective] > measurement geodetical1610 geodesical1802 geodesic1803 geodetic1807 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [adjective] geodetical1610 gromatical1610 survey1610 agrimensoriala1833 gromatic1873 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. iv. 53 The second is retriued with Plaine-Table, Theodelite, Sector, Circumferentor, Geodeticall-Staffe, etc. 1610 A. Hopton (title) Baculum geodæticum, sive viaticum, or, the geodeticall staffe. 1658 G. Atwell Faithfull Surveyour sig. *2v Measuring of all kinde of ground by the Chain onely, as quickly, and exactly, as by any Geodetical Instrument whatsoever. 1790 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 216 This new spheroid, founded immediately on the recent geodetical measurements and observations of the pole-star. 1863 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 380 Astronomical and geodetical science. 1887 J. Ball Notes Naturalist in S. Amer. 377 The true amount of atmospheric refraction found by day in geodetical observations. 1945 J. Timmermans in J.-A. Goris Belgium xvii. 243 Then followed geodetical surveys necessitated by the making of a new general map of Belgium. 2007 Global & Planetary Change 58 287 Furthermore, predicted fault slip rates are compared to available geological and geodetical data. b. Geometry. = geodetic adj. 2. ΚΠ 1824 Philos. Mag. 64 35 The length of a geodetical line on the earth's surface. 1845 J. Narrien Pract. Astron. & Geodesy xviii. 372 The plane passing through the next portion c′ e′ of the geodetical curve, in the plane of the triangle cde. 1917 D. Rowland Official & Statist. Reg. State of Mississippi 58 There was, of course, no Memphis when the geodetical line was first selected as a boundary. 2009 F. T. Hilbay Unplugging the Constit. 194 Its geometry had to be compared with the geometry of curved spaces where the straight line of the Euclidian geometry had to be replaced by the geodetical line. ΚΠ a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 61 Numbers generally Contract are Geodaetical or Figural. Geodaeticals include all numbers contracted by Vulgar Names or Denominations according to the common and usual distinctions, divisions, dimensions or legal institutions customs or usages of Nature or Nations, as Men, Women, Horses, Sheep, Weights, Measures, etc. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 233 Otherwise by common Geodætical Reduction bring all the Circles and Signs, or Sexagenæ thereof, into Degrees. Mathematics. In S. Jeake's terminology: a concrete number (cf. sense A. 2). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > particular qualities > other digitusa1398 argumentc1405 geodeticala1690 known quantity1702 amicable number1743 summability1900 idempotent1903 modularity1927 repunit1964 palindrome1972 seed1972 a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 61 Geodæticals include All numbers contracted by Vulgar Names or Denominations according to the common and usual distinctions, divisions, dimensions, or legal institutions, customs, or usages of Nature or Nations, As Men, Women, Horses, Sheep, Weights, Measures, &c. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1610 |
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