Vocabulary : Geode to Geodetics

Geode : A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter. ;; The cavity in such a nodule.
Geodephagous : Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.
Geodesic : Alt. of Geodesical ;; A geodetic line or curve.
Geodesical : Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.
Geodesist : One versed in geodesy.

Geodesy : 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.
Geodetic : Alt. of Geodetical
Geodetical : Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
Geodetically : In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.
Geodetics : Same as Geodesy.

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