Metaglossary.com - Definitions for "{term}"

Keywords: geodesy, curvature, synergetic, buckminster, geodesic

Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.

ftp.uga.edu

Of, pertaining to, determined, or effected by geodesy.

maps-gps-info.com

the study of the size and shape of Earth, the measurement of terrestrial gravitational forces, and the location of fixed points on Earth's surface

quest.arc.nasa.gov

Relating to the Measurement of the Earth's Surface

buckminster.info

p. 76 related to the science of earth measurement (geodesy).

chrisman.scg.ulaval.ca

of or relating to or determined by geodesy

wordnet.princeton.edu

Basic relationship of the earth to the curvature of its sea level surface.

fao.org

ln general refers to information that involves measurements of earth's size and shape, particularly topological (mapping) features.

roughnotes.com

Referring to the determination of the size and shape of the earth and the precise location of points on its surface.

geo.tv

The shortest possible line be drawn from one point of a surface to another, its plane of curvature is everywhere perpendicular to the surface. Such a curve is called a Geodetic line. from the New York Times Literary Supplement November 6, 1959 p.5: With his geodetic domes and his synergetic geometry.. [Buckminster Fuller] is designing..methods of enclosing space that others may one day make into an architecture.

columbia.edu

related to the measurement of large portions of the earth's surface that takes into account the curvature, shape and dimensions of the earth.

dli.wa.gov.au

View 8 more results

Keywords: latticework, basket, weave, construction

A latticework or basket-weave construction.

entertainment.vsnl.com