géodésie

See also: geodesie

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒe.ɔ.de.zi/
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Noun

géodésie f (plural géodésies)

  1. geodesy (discipline which deals with the measurement and representation of Earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena in three-dimensional, time-varying space)

Descendants

  • Arabic: جِيُودِيسْيَا (jiyūdīsyā)
  • Dutch: geodesie
  • English: geodesy
  • Persian: ژئودزی (že'odezi)
  • Turkish: jeodezi, geodezi

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