surveying
IPA: sɝvˈeɪɪŋ
noun
- The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.
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Examples of "surveying" in Sentences
- 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.
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