the definition of survey

1.To examine or look at in a comprehensive way.

2.To inspect carefully; scrutinize:

Two women were surveying the other people on the platform(Thomas Wolfe)

3.To determine the boundaries, area, or elevations of (land or structures on the earth's surface) by means of measuring angles and distances, using the techniques of geometry and trigonometry.
4. Chiefly British

To inspect and determine the structural condition of (a building).
5.To conduct a statistical survey on.

The above definition comes from the dictionary.

view: the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"

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An evaluation of the radiation hazards incident to the production, use, release, disposal, or presence of radioactive materials or other sources of radiation under a specific set of cond