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geodetic surveying

British

noun

the surveying of the earth's surface, making allowance for its curvature and giving an accurate framework for smaller-scale surveys

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Now I haven't much use for mathematics, though I don't hate it quite as much as I did, and yet we get enough coast and geodetic surveying to prepare us for exploring a new world.

From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

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