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geodesy
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geodesist
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- geodesy
[ʤɪ'ɑdəsɪ]
[ʤɪ(ː)'ɔdɪsɪ]
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(大地)测量学
Collins English-English Dictionary
- geodesy
[ʤɪ'ɒdɪsɪ]
["ʤiːəυ'dεtɪks]
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the branch of science concerned with determining the exact position of geographical points and the shape and size of the earth
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[Etymology]
C16: from French géodésie, from Greek geodaisia, from geo- + daiein to divide
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