Geodesy Concepts

noun the branch of earth science that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in three-dimensional space

• Geodetics is the science of measuring the size and shape of the Earth.
• I'm studying geodetics in my geography class.
• Geodetics is like the GPS of the Earth.
• Understanding geodetics helps us navigate through the complexities of the world.

verb to determine or locate the position of something by measuring the distances to two other points

• In order to accurately determine the location of the earthquake epicenter, scientists used triangulation to triangulate the exact point.
• We can triangulate our position by using landmarks to figure out where we are.
• Let's triangulate where the party is tonight so we can meet up.
• By triangulating different sources of information, we were able to piece together the truth of what really happened.

noun a person or thing that triangulates, especially a device used in surveying or navigation to determine the location of a point by measuring angles to it from known points

• The surveyor used a triangulator to accurately measure the angles of the property.
• I heard that Bob the surveyor is the best triangulator in town.
• Hey, can you pass me that triangulator thingy over there?
• She was a master triangulator when it came to navigating office politics.