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control point
noun
, Aerial Photogrammetry.
- a point located on the ground by precise surveying that when identified on aerial photographs provides the control necessary for producing a photomap.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of control point1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
It was the first time either of them had seen the blockhouse, the control point from which the rockets were fired.
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Spraying does not control point-rot so far as present evidence goes.
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