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2021
geodetic line
See GEODESIC LINE.
2022
geodetic longitude
See LONGITUDE.
2023
geodetic meridian
See MERIDIAN.
2024
geodetic parallel
See PARALLEL.
2025
geodetic position
See POSITION.
2026
geodetic survey
See SURVEY.
2027
geographic(al) coordinates
See COORDINATES.
2028
geographic information system
A computer based system for handling and integrating data from a variety of sources which is directly or indirectly spatially referenced to ... more
A computer based system for handling and integrating data from a variety of sources which is directly or indirectly spatially referenced to Earth.
2029
geographic(al) latitude
See LATITUDE.
2030
geographic(al) longitude
See LONGITUDE.
2031
geographic(al) meridian
See MERIDIAN.
2032
geographic(al) parallel
See PARALLEL.
2033
geographic(al) pole
See POLE.
2034
geographic(al) position
See POSITION.
2035
geographic(al) range
See RANGE.
2036
geoid
The FIGURE OF THE EARTH considered as a mean sea level surface extended continuously through the CONTI­NENTS. The actual geoid is an EQUIPOT... more
The FIGURE OF THE EARTH considered as a mean sea level surface extended continuously through the CONTI­NENTS. The actual geoid is an EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACE to which, at every point, the PLUMB LINE (direction in which GRAVITY acts) is perpendicular. It is the geoid which is obtained from observed DEFLECTIONS OF THE VERTICAL and is the surface of reference for ASTRONOMI­CAL OBSERVATIONS and for GEODETIC LEVEL­LING. See REFERENCE SPHEROID.
2037
geologic(al) survey
See SURVEY.
2038
geologic(al) time
See TIME.
2039
geology
The science which has for its object the investigation of the EARTH's CRUST, of the STRATA which enter into its composition with their mutua... more
The science which has for its object the investigation of the EARTH's CRUST, of the STRATA which enter into its composition with their mutual relations, and of the successive changes to which their present condition and position are due.
2040
geology: submarine
A field of study which applies the science of GEOLOGY to the earth beneath the SEA.