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单词 geodesian
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geodesiann.

Brit. /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈdiːzɪən/, /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈdiːʒn/, /dʒɪəˈdiːzɪən/, /dʒɪəˈdiːʒn/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˈdiʒ(ə)n/
Forms:

α. 1600s geodetian.

β. 1600s 1800s– geodesian, 1600s–1700s geodecian, 1700s geodaesian.

γ. 1800s geodosian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin geodaesia , -an suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin geodaesia (see geodesy n.) + -an suffix.In α. forms after post-classical Latin geodaeta (see geodetic n. and adj.). With the γ. forms compare δ. forms at geodesy n.
Now rare.
A person who measures or surveys land; a geodesist.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor
geometrian?c1400
geometrician?1537
surveyor1551
land-meter1582
land-measurer1632
measurer1636
geodesian1650
geometrist1772
geometer1773
arpenteur1789
land-surveyor1792
fieldman1838
1650 in T. Rudd Pract. Geom. To Rdr. sig. A2v By the help hereof the Geodetian may measure, plot, and give the true symmetry, scituation, and content of your Land.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Geodesian, a measurer of Land.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. A 4 The Geodecian, in this Book, may have Rules to Survey his Land.
1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 205 For by the Rules hereof the Geodetian may measure..your Lands.
1732 S. Ashby in J. Tipper Ladies Diary 19 A Geodecian, in a Park (by th' Way) Was thither come, the same for to Survey.
1876 All Year Round 22 Apr. 137/1 The geographer gives us a portrait to gaze at in front, a map to look down upon and inspect; the geodesian strives to supply a statue, which we may handle, and look at, in all directions.
1923 W. A. Holl tr. E. Rignano Psychol. Reasoning v. 112 Similarly it is quite indifferent for a geodesian or surveyor whether, other circumstances being the same, he employs one system of triangulation or another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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