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geodetical, a.|dʒiːəʊˈdɛtɪkəl|
Also 7 geodeticall, 7–8 geodaetical.
[f. as geodetic + -al1.]
1.
†a. Of or pertaining to land-measuring or surveying (obs.).
b. Of or pertaining to geodesy.
1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey ii. iv. 53 The second is retriued with Plaine-Table, Theodelite, Sector, Circumferentor, Geodeticall-Staffe, etc. 1755Johnson, Geodætical, relating to the art of measuring surfaces; comprehending or showing the art of measuring land. 1790Roy in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 216 This new spheroid, founded immediately on the recent geodetical measurements and observations of the pole-star. 1800Ibid. XC. 636 The longitudes and latitudes of places on its surface might be accurately computed, provided their geodetical situations were correctly ascertained. 1863Edin. Rev. Oct. 380 Astronomical and geodetical science. 1887J. Ball Nat. in S. Amer. 377 The true amount of atmospheric refraction found by day in geodetical observations.
†2. geodetical number: used by Jeake app. in the sense of ‘concrete number’. Also as n. pl. geodeticals. Obs.
Jeake explains that the term, which he admits is not accurately expressive, is used in its etymological sense, all ‘denominations’ admitting of being regarded as ‘measures..according to the standard of earthly dimensions’.
1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 61 Numbers generally Contract are Geodaetical or Figural. Geodaeticals include all numbers contracted by Vulgar Names or Denominations according to the common and usual distinctions, divisions, dimensions or legal institutions customs or usages of Nature or Nations, as Men, Women, Horses, Sheep, Weights, Measures, etc. 1721Bailey, Geodætical Numbers.
Hence † geoˈdetically adv.
1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 232 To turn Common Signs into Physical, half them, or reduce Geodaetically by 30, the Signs into Degrees. |
