geodesist
- a word derived from geodesy.
Example Sentences
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“There are many questions to be resolved,” says Kyoto University geodesist Takuya Nishimura.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024
Bock is a geodesist, someone who studies the shape of the Earth.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2015
“Venice appears to be continuing to subside at a rate of about 2mm a year,” says Yehuda Bock, a research geodesist with Scripps who has been studying Venice subsidence since 2001.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2015
That recent slowdown puzzled researchers, because sea level contributions from melting ice in Antarctica and Greenland are actually increasing, says Christopher Watson, a geodesist at the University of Tasmania in Australia.
From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2015
The precise determination of the altitude of his station is a matter of secondary importance to the geodesist; nevertheless it is usual to observe the zenith distances of all trigonometrical points.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
