Used attributively before a noun to denote relation to surveying or surveyors
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Relating to surveying or used by surveyors in land measurement.
The crew set up a surveyor tripod to ensure accurate readings.
surveyorproper noun
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Any of several unmanned U.S. spacecraft (1966–1968) that accomplished the first soft landings on the Moon and transmitted data to support the Apollo program.
Surveyor 1 made history by sending thousands of images from the lunar surface.