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单词 bematist
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bematistn.

/ˈbiːmətɪst/
Etymology: < Greek βηματιστής, < βηματίζειν to measure by paces, < βῆμα pace, step.
An official road-measurer or surveyor in the time of Alexander the Great and the Ptolemies.
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1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 748/2 The bematists or surveyors of Alexander and the Ptolemies.
1886 M. F. Sheldon tr. G. Flaubert Salammbô x. 242 The bematists of Euergates, who measured the heaven by calculating the number of their paces.
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