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OD

English translation: Ordinance Datum

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English term or phrase:OD
Selected answer:Ordinance Datum
Entered by: literary

07:51 Mar 5, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Geography
English term or phrase: OD
Just Google: "height * m OD"

something used routinely, but not in my dictionaries. They say: outer diameter, but outer diameter is that of an additional ring outside the central ring.
literary
Local time: 22:44
Ordinance Datum
Explanation:
You find this in UK map descriptions quite frequently. Could it be this?

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-03-05 07:59:28 GMT)
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Sorry, that should be "Ordnance"!
Selected response from:

Rebecca Davis
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:44
Grading comment
Thanks, wasn't so obvious!
So basically: "above sea level".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +5Ordinance Datum
Rebecca Davis


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od
Ordinance Datum


Explanation:
You find this in UK map descriptions quite frequently. Could it be this?

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-03-05 07:59:28 GMT)
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Sorry, that should be "Ordnance"!

Rebecca Davis
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, wasn't so obvious!
So basically: "above sea level".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  K Donnelly
9 mins
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agree  Jack Doughty
19 mins
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agree  Tony M: Yes, absolutely — it is the 'standard' sea level used as a reference for altitudes by the Ordnance Survey responsible for cartography in the UK
22 mins
  -> Thank you. I knew that archeological survey course would come in handy one day!
agree  Rolf Keiser
4 hrs
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agree  Stephanie Ezrol
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