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Finnish

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Etymology

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From maan (of land) +‎ mittaus (measurement), probably word-by-word translation from Swedish lantmäteri (surveying).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːnˌmitːɑus/, [ˈmɑ̝ːmˌmit̪ːɑ̝us̠]
  • Rhymes: -itːɑus
  • Hyphenation(key): maan‧mitta‧us

Noun

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maanmittaus

  1. surveying, land surveying (art and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them)
  2. geomatics (discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information)
  3. geodesy (scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth)

Declension

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Possessive forms of maanmittaus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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