Geodesy (noun)
jee-od-es-ee
The branch of mathematics dealing with the shape and area of the earth or large portions of it.
Late 16th century from modern Latin geodaesia, from Greek geōdaisia, from gē ‘earth’ + daiein ‘divide’.
Example sentences
“The course included applications of mathematics to astronomy, geodesy and technology.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
