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ca⋅das⋅tral

[kuh-das-truhl]
–adjective
1. Surveying. (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc.
2. of or pertaining to a cadastre.

Origin:
1855–60; < F; see cadastre, -al 1


ca⋅das⋅tral⋅ly, adverb
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ca·das·tre also ca·das·ter   (kə-dās'tər)   
n.  A public record, survey, or map of the value, extent, and ownership of land as a basis of taxation.

[French, from Provençal cadastro, from Italian catastro, alteration of Old Italian catastico, from Late Greek katastikhon, register : Greek kata-, by; see cata- + Greek stikhos, line; see steigh- in Indo-European roots.]
ca·das'tral adj.
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