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单词 plane-tabling
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plane-tablingn.

Brit. /ˈpleɪnˌteɪb(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈpleɪnˌteɪbl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpleɪnˌteɪb(ə)lɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plane table n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < plane table n. + -ing suffix1. Compare later plane-table v., plane-tabler n.
Surveying.
The use of a plane table in surveying; surveying by means of a plane table.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > specific methods or processes
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tachymetry1891
trilateration1948
1867 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 37 20 I would willingly have carried forward my plane-tabling to the Trigonometrical stations on the Kárákoram, for the sake, not only of sketching the country, but of verifying my work.
1871 R. A. Proctor Light Sci. 274 The principle of plane-tabling enters so largely into Indian surveying, that our notice would be incomplete without a brief account of this simple and beautiful method.
1923 D. Clark Plane & Geodetic Surv. II. vi. 238 Plane tabling is the most extensively used method for the survey of topography.
1971 R. J. P. Wilson Land Surveying viii. 164 In the past plane tabling was the method used for supplying topographical detail for maps at scales of 1:10 000 to 1:250 000, but its use in this respect has largely..been superseded by air survey.
1997 Jrnl. Ecol. 85 107/1 The section on vegetation mapping includes the use of the pantograph but does not include plane-tabling, which is admittedly rather old-fashioned.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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