Definitions for geoid

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geoid ge·oid

Spelling: [jee-oid]

IPA: /ˈdʒi ɔɪd/

Geoid is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in geoid (degio).

Definitions for geoid

noun

1. an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
2. the geometric figure formed by this surface, an ellipsoid flattened at the poles.

Origin of geoid

First recorded in 1880-85, geoid is from the Greek word geoeidḗs earthlike. See geo-, -oid

Examples for geoid

The geoid is defined as the average level of the sea, which is thought of as extended through the continents.

The reduction of triangulation base lines from the geoid to the reference ellipsoid.

The west-European and the Russo-Scandinavian meridians indicate another anomaly of the geoid.

It's geoid teah is this; aw've monny a time ta'en a gooid swig aght o' that teah-pot before to-day.

In physical geodesy, gravimetric data are used for the determination of the geoid and components of deflections of the vertical.