Sur-vey'ing, n.

n. That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the lengths and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, &c., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper.

Geodesic surveying, geodesy. See GEODESY.—Maritime or nautical surveying, that branch of surveying which determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the positions of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depths of water, &c.—Plane surveying, surveying as carried on under the supposition that the surface of the earth is a plane, in distinction from geodesic surveying.—Topographical surveying. See TOPOGRAPHICAL.