geoid
Meanings
noun
- The shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation.
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Etymology
From German Geoid (“geoid”), analysable as geo- + -oid.
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