geodesy

Meaning

Noun

• 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

Related

Similar words

• land surveying
• surveying

Origin

• From French géodésie, from Medieval Latin geōdaesia, from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία, from γῆ + δαίω.