noun. The measurement of dimensional relationships, as of horizontal distances, elevations, directions, and angles, on the earth's surface especially for use in locating property boundaries, construction layout, and mapmaking.

noun. The art or the process of determining the boundaries and area of a part of the earth's surface from actual measurement of lines and angles; the art of determining the form, area, surface, contour, etc., of any section of the earth's surface, and delineating the same on a map or plan.

noun. That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys.

noun. geodesy.

noun. that branch of surveying which determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc.

noun. undefined

noun. See under Plane, a.

noun. that branch of surveying which involves the process of ascertaining and representing upon a plane surface the contour, physical features, etc., of any portion of the surface of the earth.

noun. Art and science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.

verb. Present participle of survey.

noun. the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map

"Of course, what the Playboy connoisseurs are surveying is not Madame Bovary's fine form, nor her much-commented-upon smooth bands of black hair or great dark eyes."

hydrographical surveying  land-surveying  marine  military surveying  photographic surveying  

nautical surveying  

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triangulation  

allaying  arraying  baying  betraying  buffeting  

altimetry  appraisal  appraisement  approximation  assessment  

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