測量
解説 Definition
surveying は、土地の位置・距離・角度・高低差・境界などを測る「測量」を表す名詞です。建設や地図作成などに必要な情報を得る活動を指します。
The professional activity of measuring and mapping land, including its positions, distances, angles, elevations, and boundaries. It supplies accurate spatial information for construction, mapping, property records, and similar work.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- survey は一般的な調査も表しますが、この surveying はアンケートなどではなく、土地を測る専門活動を指します。 Survey can refer to a general investigation, but surveying in this sense means the specialized activity of measuring land, rather than conducting a questionnaire.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
survey に -ing を付けた形です。道路や建物を造る前に、土地の距離や境界を正確に測るチームを思い浮かべましょう。
Surveying is formed by adding -ing to survey. Picture a team measuring distances and boundaries accurately before a road or building project begins.
例文
Surveying began before the road project started.
道路工事が始まる前に測量が始まりました。
Accurate surveying is important when planning a new building.
新しい建物を計画するとき、正確な測量は重要です。
surveying の類義語・関連語
類義語
紛らわしい語
surveying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
surveying は survey＋-ing の名詞化です。survey は古フランス語由来で、sur-「上から」＋veoir/voir「見る」（ラテン語 videre）にさかのぼります。もとは「見渡して調べる」で、土地の境界や距離を定める「測量」になりました。関連語は supervise, view。
Surveying is the gerund and specialized noun formed from survey plus -ing. Survey entered English through Anglo-French forms based on elements meaning “over” and “to see,” ultimately connected with Latin videre, “to see.” Its early sense involved looking over and inspecting land. From that practice developed the technical meaning of measuring land, boundaries, distances, and elevations for maps, ownership records, and construction.
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