geodesy

n. 测地学 [医] 地势, 测地学

发音

UK /dʒiːˈɒdɪsi/
AU
CA /d͡ʒiˈɑdəsi/
US /d͡ʒiˈɑdəsi/

词形变化

geodesies 复数 geodesies

别名

geodæsy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The discipline which deals with the measurement and representation of Earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, Earth tides, and crustal motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space

    大地测量学

    测地学

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

geophysics

词源

From French géodésie, from Medieval Latin geōdaesia, from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + δαίω (daíō, “to divide”). By surface analysis, geode + -esy.

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