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noun the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
originFrom French géodésie, from Medieval Latin geōdaesia, from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + δαίω (daíō, “to divide”). By surface analysis, geode + -esy.
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