Meaning of geography | Babel Free

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1. The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
   countable, uncountable
2. The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them
3. The scientific study of the Earth's surface and its various climates, countries, peoples, and natural resources.
4. An atlas or gazetteer.
   archaic, countable
5. An atlas or gazetteer
6. the scientific study of man’s geographical distribution and his relationship with his environment.
7. A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography.
   archaic, countable
8. A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography
9. the complement of latitude; the difference between any given latitude and 90°.
10. Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
    countable, uncountable
11. Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth
12. the study of the characteristics, origins, and development of land forms. — geomorphologist, n. — geomorphologic, geomorphological, adj.
13. Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
    countable, uncountable
14. Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution
15. the branch of geography that studies land areas above sea level to measure and map them. — hypsographic, hypsographical, adj.
16. Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
    countable, uncountable
17. the science or study of islands. — islandologist, n.
18. The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
    countable, uncountable
19. a rhumb line or curve on the surface of a sphere intersecting all meridians at the same angle; hence, the course of a ship or aircraft following a constant compass direction. — loxodromic, adj.
20. The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
    countable, euphemistic, uncountable
21. an instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars.
22. The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
23. the branch of physical geography that studies mountains and mountain systems. — orographic, orographical, adj.
24. A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.
    countable, uncountable
25. the branch of geography that studies the features of the earth of past geologie times. — paleogeographer, palaeogeographer, n. — paleogeographic, palaeogeographic, paleogeographical, palaeogeographical, adj.

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Examples

“Some amount of basic geography is part of any good curriculum for primary and secondary education.”

“These days, instead of going off behind the bike shed during recess to learn about sex, kids need to sneak behind the bike shed to do a little bit of closeted geography or closeted Latin.”

“Geographie is (according to Ptolomei) an imitation of the picture of the vvhole Earth. […] VVe take not the Earth ſimply in its ovvn nature as it is an element, for ſo it belongeth to Philoſophy, but for the terreſtrial Globe, ſo it is the ſubiect of Geographie, and is defined to bee a Sphericall body, proportionably compoſed of earth, and vvater.”

“The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the development of those Spanish cities in the interior.”

“The Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’”

“The actual geography of the murderous mind is still a mystery.”

“We currently operate only in EU countries but we're building prototype services for various geographies.”

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