ordnance survey

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Definition of ordnance survey in English English dictionary: Originally the branch of government that produced maps for the military, now a civilian organisation that produces maps worldwide; OS an official organization which makes very detailed and correct maps of Britain and Ireland. The maps are used by people walking in the country, and each map has its own OS number. US Geological Survey; the official UK mapping agency pass - the way across a mountain ridge from one valley to another pillar - a tall, narrow column of rock ridge - the crest where two opposing faces of a mountain meet; the official cartography agency of the British government; The national mapping agency of Great Britain Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) and Ordnance Survey of Ireland (OSI) also exist; official body, established 1791, responsible for the mapping of Britain
Ordnance Survey map: any of a large series of high quality, detailed maps of Great Britain produced in a variety of scales originally for military, but now for leisure or business use
Ordnance Survey map: An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed map produced by the British or Irish government map-making organization. a map which shows all the roads, paths, hills etc of an area in detail (Because the maps were originally made for the department responsible for ordnance: ordnance (14-20 centuries), from ordenance)
Ordnance Survey.: OS

ordnance survey

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ord·nance sur·vey

ôrdnıns sırvey

/ˈôrdnəns sərˈvā/ /ˈɔːrdnəns sɜrˈveɪ/

[ 'ord-n&n(t)s ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English ordinaunce, from Middle French ordenance, literally, act of arranging.

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