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In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.
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A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
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The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
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Alt. of Geodesical
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One versed in geodesy.
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Same as Geodesy.
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That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively.
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That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast.
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Alt. of Geodetical
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The cavity in such a nodule.
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Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.
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A geodetic line or curve.
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Producing geodes; containing geodes.
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A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.
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An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.
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Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.
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A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter.
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Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
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