Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to geography; relating to the surface of the earth or of any part of it.
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- adjective Of or relating to
geography ;geographic .
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- adjective determined by geography
- adjective of or relating to the science of geography
Etymologies
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Examples
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And this, which I call a geographical and a chronological account, is the only account we have.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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Adams spoke in geographical terms of a nation rapidly expanding toward the Pacific.
Sunday Reading 2009
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In the Biblical story of the Israelite journey through the desert to the promised land what was in geographical distance only a three month trek took forty years.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: Gridlock Is Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2010
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In the Biblical story of the Israelite journey through the desert to the promised land what was in geographical distance only a three month trek took forty years.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: Gridlock Is Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2010
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Moreover, whereas Mesopotamia, with large urban clusters across a flat landscape, is conducive to military occupation, Afghanistan is, in geographical terms, hard to even hold together.
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Moreover, whereas Mesopotamia, with large urban clusters across a flat landscape, is conducive to military occupation, Afghanistan is, in geographical terms, hard to even hold together.
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The life expectancy benefit of heat is large, too: These longevity gains associated with long term trends in geographical mobility account for 8%-15% of the total gains in life expectancy experienced by the US population over the past 30 years.
Climate Preferences: Seek Life, Seek Heat, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The tragedy is a Roman play characterized by swift, panoramic shifts in geographical locations and in registers, alternating between sensual, imaginative Alexandria and the more pragmatic, austere Rome.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Myths are culturally given and are shared by members of a certain geographical or generational cohort.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Myth: This Will Solve Everything (part 1) 2010
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The tragedy is a Roman play characterized by swift, panoramic shifts in geographical locations and in registers, alternating between sensual, imaginative Alexandria and the more pragmatic, austere Rome.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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