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   geodetic
         adj 1: of or relating to or determined by geodesy [syn:
                  {geodetic}, {geodesic}, {geodesical}]

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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v
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v
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n
  1. a dog trained to guide the blind
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geodetic \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the
      operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as,
      geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
  
      {Geodetic line} [or] {curve}, the shortest line that can be
            drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the
            earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the
            osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain
            the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be
            drawn on any surface between any two points.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geodetic \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the
      operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as,
      geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
  
      {Geodetic line} [or] {curve}, the shortest line that can be
            drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the
            earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the
            osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain
            the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be
            drawn on any surface between any two points.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Surveying \Sur*vey"ing\, n.
      That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of
      determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface,
      the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour
      of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the
      whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys.
  
      {Geodetic surveying}, geodesy.
  
      {Maritime}, [or] {Nautical}, {surveying}, that branch of
            surveying which determines the forms of coasts and
            harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of
            islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc.
  
      {Plane surveying}. See under {Plane}, a.
  
      {Topographical surveying}, that branch of surveying which
            involves the process of ascertaining and representing upon
            a plane surface the contour, physical features, etc., of
            any portion of the surface of the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geodetic \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the
      operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as,
      geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
  
      {Geodetic line} [or] {curve}, the shortest line that can be
            drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the
            earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the
            osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain
            the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be
            drawn on any surface between any two points.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geodetically \Ge`o*det"ic*al*ly\, adv.
      In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geodetics \Ge`o*det"ics\, n.
      Same as {Geodesy}.

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gittites, men of Gath, ie., of a wine-press
  
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