geodesi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch geodesie, from French géodésie, from Medieval Latin geōdaesia, from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía), from γῆ (, earth) + δαίω (daíō, to divide).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡeoˈdesi/ [ɡe.oˈde.si]
  • Rhymes: -esi
  • Syllabification: ge‧o‧de‧si

Noun

geodesi (plural geodesi-geodesi)

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

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía).

Noun

geodesi m (definite singular geodesien)

  1. (sciences) geodesy

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía).

Noun

geodesi m (definite singular geodesien)

  1. (sciences) geodesy

References