GEODETICS

Noun

geodetics (uncountable)

The scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, earth tides, and tectonic motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space.

Source: Wiktionary


Ge`o*det"ics, n.

Definition: Same as Geodesy.

GEODETIC

Ge`o*det"ic, Ge`o*det"ic*al, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to gebdesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. Geodetic line or curve, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DRIVE

(verb) cause someone or something to move by driving; “She drove me to school every day”; “We drove the car to the garage”


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