surveying

IPA: sɝvˈeɪɪŋ

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

Examples of "surveying" in Sentences

He took a surveying of the river.
The next big improvement in surveying, a means of measuring angles between landmarks, was the astrolabe.
Chapter 7 talks about government agencies and their role in surveying, and once again, I was learning stuff right and left.
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.
It was striking at midday Friday, in surveying the massive, mostly empty grandstands and the fancy hospitality buildings (not tents) erected on the course, what a huge commercial venture the Ryder Cup has become.