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surveying

DEFINITIONS OF: surveying

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n 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”
Types:
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
Type of:
measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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