maanmittari

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • surveyor person occupied with surveying -- the process of determining positions on the earth's surface

Etymology

Compound from Finnish maa (land, earth, country, ground, soil, of land, nation, of earth, country's, earth's, of country) + Finnish mittari (meter, geometrid, measiring device, sense measuring device).

Origin

Finnish

mittari

Gloss

meter, geometrid, measiring device, sense measuring device

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