surveying

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1. surveying - Noun

2. surveying - Verb

Meaning

of Survey

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.

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Surveying the shifts of interest among computer scientists and the ever-expanding family of those who depend on computers for their work, one cannot help being struck by the power of the computer to bind together, in a genuine community of interest, people whose motivations differ widely. Maurice Wilkes

Physics is to be regarded not so much as the study of something a priori given, but rather as the development of methods of ordering and surveying human experience. Niels Bohr

Eh, gentlemen, let us reckon upon accidents! Life is a chaplet of little miseries which the philosopher counts with a smile. Be philosophers, as I am, gentlemen; sit down at the table and let us drink. Nothing makes the future look so bright as surveying it through a glass of chambertin. Alexandre Dumas

I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class. Ellen Swallow Richards

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According to the government’s plan for surveying the diocesan property, the chapel could end up on the southern side of the border wall, which would pose serious difficulties for those looking to access the chapel from the north. Source: Internet

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