The process or art of making surveys of land: see survey, n. 5a, survey, v. 2, and land-surveying, n.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] (174) surveying1551 The process or art of making surveys of land: see survey, n. 5a, survey, v. 2, and land-surveying, n. geodesy1570 Originally: the measuring or surveying of land (now historical and rare). Now chiefly: the branch of science and mathematics concerned with the… survey1610 The process (†or art) of surveying a tract of ground, coastline, or any part of the earth's surface; the determination of its form, extent, and… geodetics1677 With singular agreement. = geodesy, n. land-surveying1771 The process, art, or profession of measuring, and making plans of, landed property. gromatics1873 plural. The art of land-surveying or castrametation. Subcategories:— land measurement (5) — types of survey (7) — specific survey (1) — work done in the field (1) — specific methods or processes (12) — the action of bearing a measuring chain (1) — a survey line (10) — reference grid (1) — datum for heights (3) — point where observations taken (4) — point at end of curve (1) — distances measured between points or lines (8) — surveyor's marks (3) — trig point or station (3) — surveyor (31) — writer on surveying (1) — surveying instruments (73) — an observation with a surveying instrument (2) — a surveyor's notebook (1) |
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