geodesy
/dʒɪˈɒdɪsɪ/noun
mass noun
- the branch of mathematics dealing with the shape and area of the earth or large portions of it大地测量学。
派生词
geodesist
noun词源
late 16th cent.: from modern Latin geodaesia, from Greek geōdaisia, from gē 'earth' + daiein 'to divide'.