| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ge·od·e·sy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  j - d  -s |
| NOUN: | The geologic science of the size and shape of the earth. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin ge daesia, from Greek gedaisi : ge-, geo- + daiesthai, to divide; see d- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ge·ode·sist —NOUN
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