geodesy

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UK/dʒiːˈɒdɪsi/Canada, US/d͡ʒiˈɑdəsi/

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.

Similar
land surveyingsurveying
OriginFrench géodésie ← Medieval Latin geōdaesia ← Ancient Greek γεωδαισία →
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Meanings

noungeodesy (usually uncountable, plural geodesies)

plural geodesies · alternative geodæsy

  1. uncountableusuallygeographyThe 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.

    Synonyms: land surveying, surveying

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe 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.

Similar
land surveyingsurveying

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekγεωδαισία
  2. Medieval Latingeōdaesia
  3. Frenchgéodésie
  4. Englishgeodesy

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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Translations

Arabic جِيُودِيسْيَا
  • جِيُودِيسْيَا (jiyudīsyā)scientific discipline
Basque geodesia
  • geodesiascientific discipline
Bulgarian геоде́зия
  • геоде́зия (geodézija)scientific discipline
Catalan geodèsia
  • geodèsiascientific discipline
Chinese Mandarin 大地測量學 /大地测量学, 測地學 /测地学
  • 大地測量學 /大地测量学 (dàdì cèliángxué)scientific discipline
  • 測地學 /测地学 (cèdìxué)scientific discipline
Czech geodézie
  • geodéziescientific discipline
Danish geodæsi
  • geodæsiscientific discipline
Dutch landmeetkunde, geodesie
  • landmeetkundescientific discipline
  • geodesiescientific discipline
Esperanto geodezio
  • geodezioscientific discipline
Estonian geodeesia
  • geodeesiascientific discipline
Finnish geodesia, maanmittaus
  • geodesiascientific discipline
  • maanmittausscientific discipline
French géodésie
  • géodésiescientific discipline
German Geodäsie
  • Geodäsiescientific discipline
Greek γεωδαισία
  • γεωδαισία (geodaisía)scientific discipline
Hungarian geodézia, földméréstan
  • geodéziascientific discipline
  • földméréstanscientific discipline
Icelandic landmæling, landmælingafræði
  • landmælingscientific discipline
  • landmælingafræðiscientific discipline
Indonesian geodesi
  • geodesiscientific discipline
Italian geodesia
  • geodesiascientific discipline
Japanese 測地学
  • 測地学 (sokuchigaku)scientific discipline
Norwegian Bokmål geodesi
  • geodesiscientific discipline
Persian ژئودزی, زمینپیمایی
  • ژئودزی (že'odezi)scientific discipline
  • زمینپیمایی (zamin-peymâyi)scientific discipline
  • زمینسنجی (zamin-sanji)scientific discipline
Polish geodezja
  • geodezjascientific discipline
Portuguese geodésia
  • geodésiascientific discipline
Russian геоде́зия
  • геоде́зия (geodɛ́zija)scientific discipline
Slovak geodézia
  • geodéziascientific discipline
Spanish geodesia
  • geodesiascientific discipline
Swedish geodesi
  • geodesiscientific discipline
Tagalog heodesya, dusukatan
  • heodesyascientific discipline
  • dusukatanscientific discipline
Turkish jeodezi
  • jeodeziscientific discipline
Cite this entry
APA

geodesy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geodesy

MLA

“geodesy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geodesy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geodesy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geodesy.

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