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physiography |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Physiography \Phys`i*og"ra*phy\, n. The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretic part as mineral physiography. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Physiography \Phys`i*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + -graphy: cf F. physiographie.] The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: physiography n : the study of physical features of the earth's surface [syn: {physical geography}]
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