geoid
noun
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
geoidal
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a word derived from
geoid.
Example Sentences
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Then there was the question of geoidal deformation, on which he had remained unaccountably silent.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 by Various
