satellite triangulation
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
n
the branch of satellite geodesy in which geodetic problems are solved on the basis of positional (angular) observations of artificial earth satellites.
Example Sentences
- "Efforts are now under way to extend and tie together existing continental networks by satellite triangulation so as to facilitate the adjustment of all major geodetic surveys into a single world datum and determine the size and shape of the Earth spheroid with much greater accuracy than heretofore obtained."