surveying

English

Etymology

From survey +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪɪŋ

Noun

surveying (countable and uncountable, plural surveyings)

1. The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.

Derived terms

• aerial survey

 

Translations

science of accurately determining the position of points

• Czech: zeměměřičství n, zaměřování n
• Estonian: geodeesia
• Finnish: maanmittaus (fi)
• German: Vermessung (de) f
• Hungarian: (land surveying) földmérés (hu), (ground survey, field measuring) ^{(please verify)} terepfelvétel (hu)
• Persian: نقشه برداری
• Polish: ankietyzacja f
• Portuguese: agrimensura f
• Russian: топосъёмка f (toposʺjómka), межева́ние (ru) n (meževánije)
• Spanish: geodesia (es) f
• Swedish: lantmäteri (sv) n

Verb

surveying

1. present participle and gerund of survey

See also

• geodesy