Definition of geode

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Geode (n.) A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter..

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Geodesical :: Geodesical (a.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.
Druse :: Druse (n.) A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode..
Geodesic :: Geodesic (n.) A geodetic line or curve.
Geodetic :: Geodetic (a.) Alt. of Geodetica.
Geode :: Geode (n.) A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter..
Heliotroper :: Heliotroper (n.) The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
Heliostat :: Heliostat (n.) An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope..
Geodesist :: Geodesist (n.) One versed in geodesy.
Geodesy :: Geodesy (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast..
Geodesic :: Geodesic (a.) Alt. of Geodesica.
Amygdaloid :: Amygdaloid (n.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava..
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..
Geodetically :: Geodetically (adv.) In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.
Geode :: Geode (n.) The cavity in such a nodule.
Geodiferous :: Geodiferous (a.) Producing geodes; containing geodes.
Geodephagous :: Geodephagous (a.) Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.
Geodetics :: Geodetics (n.) Same as Geodesy.
Hypsometry :: Hypsometry (n.) That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively..
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