Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to geography.
- adjective Concerning the topography of a specific region.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
geographical .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to geography.
- adjective See under
Distribution . - adjective (of a place), the angle included between a line perpendicular or normal to the level surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's figure and a true sphere.
- adjective See under
Mile . - adjective any variation of a species which is dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to
geography . - adjective
Determined bygeography , as opposed tomagnetic (i.e. North.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective determined by geography
- adjective of or relating to the science of geography
Etymologies
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Examples
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Increasingly, I am interested in synthesizing with my wife GIS and simulation modeling to make what we call geographic modeling.
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He earlier said today that will include what he calls a geographic profiler, someone who's been looking at these series of sniper killings in the greater Washington, D.C., area -- first the Montgomery County, Maryland, later in the District of Columbia, now in Virginia.
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BLITZER: Lou, there's been a-- the Montgomery County Police brought in what they call a geographic profiler.
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It's getting muted a little bit by FX and it's getting muted a little bit by what I call geographic price mix as you go from country-to-country, and then as you look at the direct mix versus the distributor mix.
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It's getting muted a little bit by FX and it's getting muted a little bit by what I call geographic price mix as you go from country-to-country, and then as you look at the direct mix versus the distributor mix.
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The port occupies one of Mexico's finest natural harbors, the head of a drowned river valley or (in geographic parlance) ria, which affords an unusually high degree of security in the event of hurricanes.
Did you know? Los Mochis and Topolobampo are both examples of "new towns". 2009
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The port occupies one of Mexico's finest natural harbors, the head of a drowned river valley or (in geographic parlance) ria, which affords an unusually high degree of security in the event of hurricanes.
Did you know? Los Mochis and Topolobampo are both examples of "new towns". 2009
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Ironically, these are Robinson's twin geographic locales that exemplify the successful black middle class.
Book Review: Eugene Robinson's 'Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America' Lawrence Jackson 2010
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For people of a certain geographic bent, some words are like gas on a flame.
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For people of a certain geographic bent, some words are like gas on a flame.
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It was there that a recovering junkie friend explained to me the term “doing a geographic”, a concept reportedly born among members of Alcoholics Anonymous, which means moving to a new city or state instead of facing one’s problems.
‘I was running to adventure – and away from myself’ | Jami Attenberg Jami Attenberg 2020
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