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Ordnance Survey n. British (originally) the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland carried out from 1791 under the direction of the Master-General of the Ordnance; (now) an official organization which produces large-scale, detailed topographical maps of the United Kingdom (also figurative).

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Ordnance Survey1807

1807 A. Arrowsmith Mem. Construction Map Scotl. 4 I was engaged in constructing a large Map of England on scale of one inch to three miles (following up the progress of the Ordnance Survey, not yet quite accomplished).

1820 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 110 335 The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, Part 1 to 7, comprising Essex, Devonshire, Cornwall, Dorsetshire, Sussex, Surry, [sic] and Wiltshire.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 11 Maps of the Ordnance Survey are constructed on the scale of one inch to the mile.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! 11 This book makes no attempt to be an ordnance survey of modern music.

1993 Guardian 19 Nov. i. 18/6 The creation of executive agencies ranging from the Central Statistical Office to the Ordnance Survey are part of the same disintegrationist tendency.

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释义	> as lemmas Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey n. British (originally) the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland carried out from 1791 under the direction of the Master-General of the Ordnance; (now) an official organization which produces large-scale, detailed topographical maps of the United Kingdom (also figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > specific survey Ordnance Survey1807 1807 A. Arrowsmith Mem. Construction Map Scotl. 4 I was engaged in constructing a large Map of England on scale of one inch to three miles (following up the progress of the Ordnance Survey, not yet quite accomplished). 1820 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 110 335 The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, Part 1 to 7, comprising Essex, Devonshire, Cornwall, Dorsetshire, Sussex, Surry, [sic] and Wiltshire. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 11 Maps of the Ordnance Survey are constructed on the scale of one inch to the mile. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! 11 This book makes no attempt to be an ordnance survey of modern music. 1993 Guardian 19 Nov. i. 18/6 The creation of executive agencies ranging from the Central Statistical Office to the Ordnance Survey are part of the same disintegrationist tendency. extracted from ordnancen. < as lemmas
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