Definition of surveying
Nouns
the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map
"he studied surveying at college"
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triangulation
a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated
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measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Vocabulary Lists for surveying
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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- incommodious
- cogitate
- endue
- immolate
- commiserate
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- thane
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- hautboy
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Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" Chapters 1-7 »(488 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "David...
- sweetbriar
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- confuse
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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 13-25 »(370 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- abnegate
- proscribe
- vegetate
- glutinous
- ruminate
Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" Chapters 27-39 »(358 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "Oliver...
- attenuate
- domesticate
- suffuse
- acerbity
- waggish
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Chapters 41-61 »(354 words)
Vocabulary study list for Jane Austen's "Pride and...
- abominate
- condole
- actuate
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- fluctuate
Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" »(343 words)
Vocabulary study list for Virginia Woolf's "A Room of...
- truncate
- hortatory
- misogynist
- intensification
- avuncular
Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" Chapters 1-13 »(343 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "Oliver...
- cogitate
- putrefy
- palpitate
- convulse
- actuate
Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 11-29 »(326 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
- aggrieve
- unfledged
- convulse
- concatenation
- excavate