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Earth science
Any of several geological sciences that are concerned with the earth, its origins, and all of its various structures and physical forms and phenomena.
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least significant digit
Earth science; Mapping science
That digit, in a number, which contributes least to the value of the number.
distribution map
Earth science; Mapping science
A map showing the geographic occurrence of a specific product, commodity, or formation. The map may show merely that the product, etc. , occurs in certain regions, or it may ...
optical distance measurement
Earth science; Mapping science
Distance measurement by using light. Classical methods use the fact that light travels in a straight line (except for the effect of refraction) by making the light rays the two ...
division
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) The placing of marks on an instrument or device to represent standard values. (2) The marks, on an instrument or device, which represent standard values. The term is ...
distance- ratio method
Earth science; Mapping science
A method of adjusting the results of a trilateration by assuming that the ratio of distances measured from a station does not change and adjusting the ratios of distances rather ...
direction method of adjusting triangulation
Earth science; Mapping science
A method of adjusting a triangulation network, using adjustment by conditions, by determining corrections to measured directions. Each angle is considered to be the difference ...
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