noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: after Alexander R. Clarke died 1914 English geodesist
: an ideal oblate spheroid generally recognized as representing the figure of the earth at average sea level
noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: after Alexander R. Clarke died 1914 English geodesist
: an ideal oblate spheroid generally recognized as representing the figure of the earth at average sea level
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012