Definition of survey

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Survey (v. t.) To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.

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Call :: Call (n.) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land..
Surveyance :: Surveyal (n.) Survey.
Arpentator :: Arpentator (n.) The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor..
Geodetical :: Geodetical (a.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers..
Surveyal :: Survey (n.) The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it..
Surview :: Surview (v. t.) To survey; to make a survey of.
Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
Survey :: Survey (v. t.) To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast..
Survise :: Surview (n.) A survey.
Resurvey :: Resurvey (v. t.) To survey again or anew; to review.
Reconnoitre :: Reconnoitre (v. t.) To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations..
Reconnaissance :: Reconnaissance (n.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.
Perambulation :: Perambulation (n.) An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc..
Quadrant :: Quadrant (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction..
Surveyor :: Surveying (n.) 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..
View :: View (n.) The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
Perambulate :: Perambulate (v. t.) To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line..
Profile :: Profile (n.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc..
Map :: Map (v. t.) To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business..
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