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Definition of Geodesist
1. n. One versed in geodesy.
Definition of Geodesist
1. Noun. A person who works with or studies geodetics. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Geodesist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geodesist
Literary usage of Geodesist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vestiges of the Molten Globe, as Exhibited in the Figure of the Earth by William Lowthian Green (1887)
"In judging of this form we have not ventured into the details of the difficult
domain of the geodesist, although we refer to his results, but we again take ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Obviously it is an astronomical investigation, but it concerns the geodesist
also ; it concerns him directly, because the astronomical latitudes with which ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"... Asia : small gold medals, to the French geodesist, M. Desforges, and the
Austrian geodesist, Baron Sterneck, for their pendulum observations in Russia, ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"No geodesist on proceed far in his work without encountering the irregularities
of the mathematical surface, and it is necessary that he know how they ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A geodesic line. geodesist (je-od'e-sist), n. [< geodesy + -i«i. ... Same as
geodesist. Dangerous ascents and solitary life on the top of high mountains, ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"A British military engineer and geodesist. He was born in Carluke Parish, ...
He was the first British geodesist. He was employed in preparing for the ..."
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